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Question: Among university students, what is the prevalence of headache and how is it related to academic performance?
Question type: Descriptive
Study design: Cross-sectional survey
Researchers at the University of Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil interviewed a randomly selected group of university students to determine the one-year prevalence of headache, types of headache, and their association with academic performance. The researchers used several instruments to assess outcomes, including the International Headache Society criteria to characterize headaches as migraine or tension-type1 and the Headache Impact Test to assess the effect of headaches on daily activities (pain severity, role functioning, social functioning, vitality, emotional distress, and cognitive functioning).2 The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale was used to verify the occurrence of anxiety and depression among study participants.3 The independent …
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