ArticleCephalalgia : an international journal of headache2020
I stay at home with headache. A survey to investigate how the lockdown for COVID-19 impacted on headache in Italian children.
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- Female migraine patients had lower COVID-19 phobia and PCL-5 scores during the lockdown period.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Article
- Perceived Stress and Impact on Role Functioning in University Students with Migraine-Like Headaches during COVID-19.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 Pandemic on Migraine in Adolescents. A Retrospective Analysis of the Population Attending the Headache Center in Different Phases of the Pandemic.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Triggers and clinical changes of childhood primary headache characteristics during COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.Acta neurologica Belgica · 2023Article
- A Prospective Evaluation of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth with Primary Headache Disorders.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Editorial: Stress neurobiology in COVID-19: diagnosis, neuroimaging and therapeutic tools.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
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- The voices of children and young people during COVID-19: A critical review of methods.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2022Review
- Feasibility and effect of mindfulness approach by web for chronic migraine and high-frequency episodic migraine without aura at in adolescents during and after COVID emergency: preliminary findings.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2022Article
- Repetitive Neuromuscular Magnetic Stimulation for Pediatric Headache Disorders: Muscular Effects and Factors Affecting Level of Response.Brain sciences · 2022Article
- Quality of Life and Mental Health in Children and Adolescents after the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Large Population-Based Survey in South Tyrol, Italy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- A Review on Headaches Due to COVID-19 Infection.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
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Abstract
objectiveThe present Italian multicenter study aimed at investigating whether the course of primary headache disorders in children and adolescents was changed during the lockdown necessary to contain the COVID-19 emergency in Italy.
methodsDuring the lockdown, we submitted an online questionnaire to patients already diagnosed with primary headache disorders. Questions explored the course of headache, daily habits, psychological factors related to COVID-19, general mood and school stress. Answers were transformed into data for statistical analysis. Through a bivariate analysis, the main variables affecting the subjective trend of headache, and intensity and frequency of the attacks were selected. The significant variables were then used for the multivariate analysis.
resultsWe collected the answers of 707 patients. In the multivariate analysis, we found that reduction of school effort and anxiety was the main factor explaining the improvement in the subjective trend of headache and the intensity and frequency of the attacks (
conclusionsOur study showed that lifestyle modification represents the main factor impacting the course of primary headache disorders in children and adolescents. In particular, reduction in school-related stress during the lockdown was the main factor explaining the general headache improvement in our population.
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