Citation

Juang KD, Wang SJ, Fuh JL, Lu SR, Chen YS. Cephalalgia 2004; 24(1): 54-59.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, no. 201 Shih-Pai Road, Sec 2, Taipei, Taiwan 112. kdjuang@vghtep.gov.tw

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

14687014

Abstract

The relationship of chronic daily headache (CDH) and childhood adversity is still controversial. We therefore conducted a survey for CDH (> or =15 days/month, average > or = 2 h/day) among all students in three public schools in Taiwan. The Global Family Environment Scale (GFES), which yields a score according to childhood adverse events in the family, was used to compare childhood adversity between cases of CDH and their age- and sex-matched controls. In total, 4645 students were surveyed and 58 with CDH were identified. Significantly lower GFES scores, indicative of worse childhood adversities, were evident in the CDH group (76.7 +/- 19.2), compared with the control group (86.0 +/- 8.9, P = 0.001). Physical abuse (10% vs. 0, P = 0.012) and parental divorce (17% vs. 3%, odds ratio = 5.8, P = 0.015) were more frequent in the CDH group. The results indicate that childhood adversities may contribute to greater risk of the development of CDH in young adolescents.

Language: en