period prevalence of self-reported headache in the general population in germany from 1995--2005 and 2009 results from annual nationwide population-based cross-sectional surveys时期德国自述头疼一般人群的患病率从1995年u2014u20142005年和2009年度全国的结果以人群为基础的横断面调查.pdf

Straube et al. The Journal of Headache and Pain 2013, 14:11 /content/14/1/11 RESEARCH ARTICLE Open Access Period prevalence of self-reported headache in the general population in Germany from 1995– 2005 and 2009: results from annual nationwide population-based cross-sectional surveys 1* 2 1 1 2 4 Andreas Straube , Bernhard Aicher , Steffanie Förderreuther , Thomas Eggert , Janin Köppel , Stefan Möller , Roland Schneider2 and Gunther Haag3 Abstract Background: Although primary headache is the most frequent neurological disorder and there is some evidence that the prevalence rates have increased in recent years, no long-term data on the annual prevalence of headache are available for Germany. The objective of the study was therefore to obtain long-term data on the period prevalence of headache in the general population in Germany by means of population-based cross-sectional annual surveys (1995–2005 and 2009). Methods: These surveys were conducted as face-to-face paper-and-pencil interviews from 1995 through 2004, and from 2005 onwards as computer-aided personal interviews. The reported headaches were self-diagnosed by the interviewees. Per year, approximately 640 trained interviewers interviewed between 10,898 and 12,538 German- speaking individuals aged 14 and older and living in private households in the whole of Germany (response rate: 67.4% and 73.1%, gross samples: 16,026 to 18,176 subjects). A total of more than 146,000 face-to-face interviews were analyzed. Results: The one-year headache prevalence remained stable over the entry period, with 58.9% (95%CI 57.7–60.1) to 62.5% (95%CI 61.3–63.7) (p=0.07). Women showed consistently higher prevalence rates than men (females: 67.3 (95%CI 65.