Characteristics of headache
| Migraine | TTH | Total n (%) | |||||
| Without aura n (%) | With aura n (%) | Total n (%) | Episodic n (%) | Chronic n (%) | Total n (%) | ||
| Total | 259 (100) | 104 (100) | 363 (100) | 355 (100) | 30 (100) | 385 (100) | 1191 (100) |
| The effect on daily activities | |||||||
| No | 14 (5.4) | 9 (8.7) | 23 (6.3) | 53 (14.9) | 1 (3.3) | 54 (14.0) | 172 (14.4) |
| Yes | 245 (94.6) | 95 (91.3) | 340 (93.7) | 302 (85.1) | 29 (96.7) | 331 (86.0) | 1019 (85.6) |
| Family history of headache | |||||||
| No | 128 (49.4) | 60 (57.7) | 188 (51.8) | 235 (66.2) | 23 (76.7) | 258 (67.0) | 715 (60.0) |
| Yes | 131 (50.6) | 44 (42.3) | 175 (48.2) | 120 (33.8) | 7 (23.3) | 127 (33.0) | 476 (40.0) |
| Onset age (mean±SD) | |||||||
| 16.9±2.9 | 16.7±2.9 | 16.9±2.9 | 17.2±2.7 | 16.8±2.4 | 17.2±2.7 | 17.2±2.8 | |
| Pain type | |||||||
| Throbbing | 169 (65.3) | 65 (62.5) | 234 (64.5) | 101 (28.5) | 7 (23.3) | 108 (28.1) | 512 (43.0) |
| Tightening | 46 (17.8) | 16 (15.4) | 62 (17.1) | 144 (40.6) | 12 (40.0) | 156 (40.5) | 343 (28.8) |
| Sharp | 7 (2.7) | 3 (2.9) | 10 (2.8) | 8 (2.3) | 1 (3.3) | 9 (2.3) | 30 (2.5) |
| Heaviness feeling | 37 (14.3) | 20 (19.2) | 57 (15.7) | 102 (28.7) | 10 (33.3) | 112 (29.1) | 306 (25.7) |
| Pain site | |||||||
| Generalised | 60 (23.2) | 21 (20.2) | 81 (22.3) | 129 (36.3) | 13 (43.3) | 142 (36.9) | 391 (32.8) |
| Vertex | 43 (16.6) | 21 (20.2) | 64 (17.6) | 65 (18.3) | 5 (16.7) | 70 (18.2) | 227 (19.1) |
| Unilateral | 51 (19.7) | 20 (19.2) | 71 (19.6) | 17 (4.8) | 3 (10.0) | 20 (5.2) | 114 (9.6) |
| Temporal | 66 (25.5) | 27 (26.0) | 93 (25.6) | 80 (22.5) | 3 (10.0) | 83 (21.6) | 265 (22.3) |
| Occipital | 20 (7.7) | 7 (6.7) | 27 (7.4) | 36 (10.1) | 3 (10.0) | 39 (10.1) | 93 (7.8) |
| Others | 19 (7.3) | 8 (7.7) | 27 (7.4) | 28 (7.9) | 3 (10.0) | 31 (8.1) | 101 (8.5) |
| Pain duration | |||||||
| Less than 4 hours | 127 (49.0) | 58 (55.8) | 185 (51.0) | 252 (71.0) | 16 (53.3) | 268 (69.6) | 827 (69.4) |
| 4–8 hours | 95 (36.7) | 25 (24.0) | 120 (33.1) | 81 (22.8) | 9 (30.3) | 90 (23.4) | 260 (21.8) |
| 9–24 hours | 27 (10.4) | 13 (12.5) | 40 (11.0) | 12 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | 12 (3.1) | 66 (5.5) |
| More than 24 hours | 10 (3.9) | 8 (7.7) | 18 (5.0) | 10 (2.8) | 5 (16.7) | 15 (3.9) | 38 (3.2) |
| Neck pain | |||||||
| No | 174 (67.2) | 66 (63.5) | 240 (66.1) | 262 (73.8) | 23 (76.7) | 285 (74.0) | 861 (72.3) |
| Yes | 85 (32.8) | 38 (36.5) | 123 (33.9) | 93 (26.2) | 7 (23.3) | 100 (26.0) | 330 (27.7) |
| Triggering factors | |||||||
| No | 31 (12.0) | 8 (7.7) | 39 (10.7) | 72 (20.3) | 7 (23.3) | 79 (20.5) | 205 (17.2) |
| Yes | 228 (88.0) | 96 (92.3) | 324 (89.3) | 283 (79.7) | 23 (67.7) | 306 (79.5) | 986 (82.8) |
TTH, tension-type headache.