The prevalence and some risk factors of primary headache disorders among the school-aged children in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

Abstract

The aim of this study was to determine the 1-year prevalence and some risk factors of primary headache disorders in school-aged children. A cross-sectional, school-based survey consisting of semi-structured questionnaires was administered to randomly select aged 6-11 years using stratified multistage cluster sampling during the period from April to June 2018. The questionnaire of primary headache was based on International Classification of Headache Disorders-III criteria. We surveyed totally 635 participants; the one-year prevalence of all types of headache was 54.6%. Prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache was 3.0% and 5.4%, respectively. Biometric and sociodemographic factors found associated with statistically significant difference prevalence of migraine: type of household, life situation and residential quarter. However, the risk factors of TTH were age and using of screens. We concluded that this study found an average prevalence of headaches are very common in school-aged children. But prevalence of primary headache disorders was comparable with other countries.