Abstract
To evaluate the impact of ETTH on HRQoL in a sample of employees of a Brazilian public hospital. Three hundred and sixty Mário Gatti Hospital employees were asked about headache occurrence in the previous 6 months and completed a SF-36 and a pain questionnaires concerning impact of pain (0 to 10 scale) on daily activities, work efficiency, leisure and social activities in previous six months. Two groups were studied: 1. Episodic Tension-type headache group: 127 employees -- 81 (63.8%) female and 46 (36.2%), male. 2. 124, 71 (57.3%) female and 53 (42.7%) male. ETTH had lowers scores than control in all domains of SF-36; in vitality and bodily pain the difference was statistically significant. Our results indicate that ETTH suffers have impact on HRQoL predominantly in vitality. Psychological factors associated to pain may explain this finding.
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