Open AccessAnalysis of the prevalence of headaches subtypes in a specialized outpatient clinic in a municipality in medium-sized Minas Gerais
Author(s) -
Estephanie Veronese Ribeiro,
Gustavo Alvarenga Rodrigues,
José Rafael Araujo e Costa,
Julia Rodrigues Pereira,
Marcelo Rodrigues Assis,
Mauro Eduardo Jurno
Publication year - 2021
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2763-6178
DOI - 10.48208/headachemed.2021.34
Subject(s) - medicine , headaches , migraine , outpatient clinic , referral , medical record , pediatrics , retrospective cohort study , cross sectional study , surgery , family medicine , pathology
ObjectiveTo evaluate the prevalence of different subtypes of headaches in a tertiary referral clinic for headache care in the city of Barbacena.MethodsA retrospective and descriptive cross-sectional cohort study that evaluated the medical records of 130 patients previously seen by a neurologist in January 2020 to March 2021 in the headache clinic.ResultsThe mean age of patients was 42.5 years, most of them female (83.07%). Primary headaches were the most common, with migraine found in 73% of cases and tension-type headache (TTH) in 17%. Among secondary headaches, the most common subtype was headache attributed to a substance or its suppression (11%), followed by cases such as headache due to cranial neuralgia and central causes of facial pain (3%) and headache attributed to trauma or head and/or cervical injury (3%). All cases in which there was an association of diagnoses of headache subtypes were found in patients with migraine (100%).ConclusionThis study defines the prevalence of headaches in a specialized outpatient clinic, confirming literature data that show migraine as the most common headache.