Benseñor I M, Lotufo P A, Goulart A C, Menezes P R, Scazufca M
Hospital Universitário, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
Cephalalgia. 2008 Apr;28(4):329-33. doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2007.01507.x. Epub 2008 Feb 20.
There are scarce data about headache prevalence and its characteristics among elderly people. The aim was to carry out a cross-sectional study to determine the 1-year prevalence of tension-type and migraine headaches in people >65 years old in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. All 1615 people living in the study catchment area who agreed to participate in the study answered a questionnaire based in the International Headache Society criteria. Prevalence (mean and 95% confidence interval) of any type of headache in the last year was 45.6% (43.2, 48.0). Prevalence of tension-type headache in the last year was 33.1% (30.8, 35.4): 28.1% (24.6, 31.6) for men and 36.4% (33.4, 39.4) for women; for migraine headaches, prevalence in the last year was 10.6% (9.1, 12.1): 5.1% (3.4, 6.8) for men and 14.1% (11.9, 16.3) for women. One-year prevalence rates of headaches, and especially of migraine headaches, are very high among the elderly in Brazil.
关于老年人头痛患病率及其特征的数据稀缺。目的是开展一项横断面研究，以确定巴西圣保罗市65岁以上人群中紧张型头痛和偏头痛的1年患病率。居住在研究集水区且同意参与研究的所有1615人回答了一份基于国际头痛协会标准的问卷。去年任何类型头痛的患病率（均值和95%置信区间）为45.6%（43.2，48.0）。去年紧张型头痛的患病率为33.1%（30.8，35.4）：男性为28.1%（24.6，31.6），女性为36.4%（33.4，39.4）；偏头痛方面，去年的患病率为10.6%（9.1，12.1）：男性为5.1%（3.4，6.8），女性为14.1%（11.9，16.3）。在巴西老年人中，头痛尤其是偏头痛的1年患病率非常高。
