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Abstract
To determine the frequency of chronic headache in a population of patients attending to neurology consultation. This prospective cross-sectional study was carried on patients with chronic headaches attending at neurology consultation of YOUTH. This study was conducted in 3 months in the Neurology Department of Ouagadougou YOUTH from October 10, 2017 to January 10, 2018. One hundred and two patients (mean age 41.2 ± 16.1 years, 61.8% of women) with headache were included during study period. The majority of patients (56.9%) had previous medical or nursing consultations. Of them, 76.5% had received prior medical treatment. The most common past medical history was cranial trauma (21.6%) followed by hypertension (18.6%) and dental diseases (16.7%). The mean duration of headache was 52.5 ± 32.7 months (ranges 3–273 months). The majority of patients (85.4%) had episodic headaches. Primary headaches were the most common cause of headache (52.9%), including tension-type headaches (51.8%) and migraine (38.9%). Headache had major impact on the quality of life of patients with migraine (44.5%) and patients with TTH (54.2%). Headache was frequent in Neurology Department. Primary headaches are the most common types of headache dominated by tension-type headaches and migraine.
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