Prevalence and Triggering Factors of Headache among Jordanian Adolescents in Al-Mafraq Region

Table 3

Characteristics of headache among adolescents ( = 322).

Variables	N (322)
Time of headache (most of the time)
Morning	97 (30.1)
Afternoon	225 (69.9)
Pain intensity (most of the time)
Mild	107 (33.2)
Moderate	160 (49.7)
Severe	55 (17.1)
Associated characteristics (most of the time)
Throbbing	14 (4.3)
Pressure like	34 (10.6)
Exploding	7 (2.2)
Burning	14 (4.4)
Dullness like	44 (13.7)
Aching	40 (12.4)
Develop gradually	65 (20.2)
Sharp pain	53 (16.5)
Difficult to described	51 (15.8)
Duration of the pain (hours)
<4	85 (26.4)
4–72	155 (48.1)
>72	82 (25.5)
Affect routine activity
Yes	105 (32.6)
No	217 (67.4)
Increase school absentees
Yes	194 (60.2)
No	128 (39.8)
Family history for headache
Mother	41 (12.7)
Father	43 (13.4)
Brothers or sisters	34 (10.6)
More than one family member	28 (8.7)
No history	167 (51.9)
Do not know	9 (2.8)
Seeking medical help for headache
Yes	62 (19.3)
No	260 (80.7)
Treatment modality
Sleeping	216 (67.1)
Eating	17 (5.3)
Drinking	11 (3.4)
Medication	62 (19.3)
Others	16 (5.0)
Advice on using analgesics
Family	161 (50.0)
School staff	19 (5.9)
Nurse	10 (3.1)
Pharmacists	40 (14.4)
Physician	18 (5.6)
Friends	17 (5.3)
None	33 (10.2)
Others	24 (7.5)
Common symptoms associated with migraine
Intensity increased with physical activity	34 (68.0)
Pulsating pain	29 (58.0)
Unilateralism	27 (54.0)
Photophobia	21 (42.0)
Phonophobia	11 (22.0)
Vomiting	10 (20.0)
Nausea	7 (14.0)
Others	4 (8.0)

N is the number of adolescents with headache.