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Headache

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 October 2002

GJF Saldanha ,
CG Clough  and
N Ward
GJF Saldanha
Affiliation:
Pembury Hospital, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust and King’s College Hospital NHS Trust, London, UK.
CG Clough
Affiliation:
Kings College Hospital, NHS Trust, London, UK.
N Ward
Affiliation:
The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK.
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Extract

Little is known about the frequency of headache in the elderly population as few epidemiological studies have been carried out. In one year in the USA, 70% of the general population had a headache, 5% of whom sought medical attention. In a large population-based study carried out in East Boston, US, some 17% of patients over 65 yrs of age reported frequent headache, with 53% of women and 36% of men reporting headache in the previous year.

Type
Clinical Geriatrics
Information
Reviews in Clinical Gerontology , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , May 2002 , pp. 127 - 144
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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