Table 5

Triggering factors and psychological factors associated with headache

	Migraine (n=324)		TTH (n=306)		Total (n=986)
	n	n/N %	n	n/N %	n	n/N %
Triggering factors
Lack of sleep	232	71.60	210	68.60	692	70
Exam	223	68.80	210	68.60	657	67
Stress	215	66.40	185	60.50	605	61
Noise	237	73.10	139	45.40	587	60
Fasting	202	62.30	168	54.90	558	57
Mobile use	166	51.20	143	46.70	472	48
Expose to the sun	187	57.70	129	42.20	458	46
Sleeping too much	96	29.60	86	28.10	282	29
Deprivation from coffee drinking	104	32.10	88	28.80	286	29
Emotional distress	103	31.80	86	28.10	275	28
Menstruation	86	26.50	61	19.90	214	22
Weather changes	91	28.10	48	15.70	195	20
Using the computer	60	18.50	55	18.00	177	18
Reading	49	15.10	49	16.00	164	17
Watching TV	56	17.30	39	12.70	144	15
Strong odours	71	21.90	26	8.50	134	14
Smoking	33	10.20	27	8.80	88	9
Bath	16	4.90	11	3.60	40	4
Eat a specific meal	17	5.20	6	2.00	26	3
Psychological factors
Absent	17	4.7	19	4.9	64	5.4
Present	346	95.3	366	95.1	1127	94.6
Depressed mood	232	63.90	243	63.10	721	60.50
Anxiety	231	63.60	216	56.10	690	57.90
Dissatisfaction with educational performance	207	57.00	206	53.50	628	52.70
Stress	191	52.60	199	51.70	590	49.50
Insomnia	158	43.50	146	37.90	456	38.30
Overwork	115	31.70	117	30.40	357	30.00
Dissatisfaction with personal achievement	112	30.90	91	23.60	299	25.10
Tendency towards conflicts	94	25.90	87	22.60	273	22.90
Dissatisfaction with life	93	25.60	85	22.10	261	21.90
Poor financial condition	55	15.20	58	15.10	177	14.90
Irritability	52	14.30	38	9.90	133	11.20
Not to be married	29	8.00	25	6.50	80	6.70