Collin C, Hockaday J M, Waters W E
Arch Dis Child. 1985 Mar;60(3):245-7. doi: 10.1136/adc.60.3.245.
The amount of time missed from school in two small town school populations was estimated by measuring absence from school and attendance at sickbay, and stated causes were analysed. School absence related to headache (expressed as percentage of pupil days missed out of possible pupil days, during two 12 week periods) in children aged 5 to 14 years, was 0.05%. This represented approximately 1% of all school absence, and was recorded (usually only once) in 3.7% of children. The duration of absence was one day or less on 85% of occasions. This low absence rate was in contrast with the high prevalence of headache reported by children aged 9 to 14 of between 76 and 94% according to age and sex. Attendance at school sick bay because of headache was recorded in 3.6% of children aged 5 to 19 (only 0.5% then left school early because of headache) in one 12 week period. It is concluded that although headache prevalence is high in the age groups studied, it is not a prominent cause of time missed from school.
通过测量缺课情况和医务室就诊情况，对两个小镇学校人群的缺课时间进行了估算，并对所述原因进行了分析。5至14岁儿童因头痛导致的缺课情况（以两个12周期间内可能的学生天数中缺课的学生天数百分比表示）为0.05%。这约占所有缺课情况的1%，并且在3.7%的儿童中被记录（通常仅一次）。85%的情况下缺课时长为一天或更短。这种低缺课率与9至14岁儿童报告的高头痛患病率形成对比，根据年龄和性别，患病率在76%至94%之间。在一个12周期间，5至19岁儿童中有3.6%因头痛到学校医务室就诊（因头痛提前离校的仅占0.5%）。得出的结论是，尽管在所研究的年龄组中头痛患病率很高，但它并不是缺课的主要原因。
