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Table 4 Headache yesterday (HY) and lost school time yesterday, overall and by headache type (N = 2,344)

From: The burden attributable to primary headache disorders in children and adolescents in Ethiopia: estimates from a national schools-based study

Headache type

n

Headache yesterday

Proportion reporting HY

n (%)

Intensity of HY

scale 1–3a

(mean ± SD)

Missed school day yesterday

n (% of those reporting headache type)

Actual

Predicted

All headache

1,726

630 (36.5)

1.9 ± 0.7

167 (9.7)

60 (3.5)

Migraine

900

366 (40.7)

2.1 ± 0.7

120 (13.3)

41 (4.5)

Tension-type headache

477

157 (32.9)

1.7 ± 0.7

30 (6.3)

12 (2.5)

All headache on ≥ 15 days/month

29

19 (65.5)

2.2 ± 0.6

3 (10.3)

3.5 (12.0)

Undifferentiated headache

298

86 (28.9)

1.5 ± 0.5

13 (4.3)

6 (2.0)

  1. aEquating 1-3 to the reported categories “mild”, “moderate” and “severe”, and treating as continuous data