Skip to main content

Table 5 Emotional impact and quality of life, 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

Emotional impact scorea

scale 0–18a

(mean ± SD)

Quality-of-life scorea

scale 0–36a

(mean ± SD)

No headache

618

-

21.6 ± 4.8

All headache

1,726

6.2 ± 3.1

20.2 ± 5.0

Migraine

900

6.8 ± 3.2

18.9 ± 4.8

Tension-type headache

477

5.5 ± 2.8

20.2 ± 4.9

All headache on ≥ 15 days/month

29

8.0 ± 3.3

16.4 ± 4.9

Undifferentiated headache

298

5.0 ± 2.7

21.4 ± 5.0

  1. aSee text for explanation