ArticleNeurology. Clinical practice2020
Smartphone use and primary headache: A cross-sectional hospital-based study.
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- Digital screen exposure and migraine burden: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of neurology · 2026Pooled it
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- Efficacy of the herbal medicine Chotosan following treatment with Western medications for migraine accompanied by tension-type headache.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
- Association Between Smartphone Usage and Primary Headaches in Taif, Saudi Arabia: A Hospital-Based Study.Cureus · 2024Article
- Clinical Manifestations' Spectrum of Smartphone Addiction: Moving from an Addiction toward a Clinical Syndrome.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2024Article
- Association between internet use and primary headache severity among Hungarian university students: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Association of increased pain intensity, daytime sleepiness, poor sleep quality, and quality of life with mobile phone overuse in patients with migraine: A multicenter, cross-sectional comparative study.Brain and behavior · 2022Observational
- Internet Addiction and Screen Time Exposure Among Children with Migraine.Indian journal of pediatrics · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo determine the association of smartphone use with occurrence of new-onset headache and/or increased severity of headaches in patients with primary headache.
methodsIn a cross-sectional study between June 2017 and December 2018, patients with primary headache were divided into 2 groups: smartphone users (SUs) and non-smartphone users (NSUs). A questionnaire was administered for headache characteristics and treatment taken. The primary objective was to determine the association of smartphone use with new-onset headache or increase severity. The secondary objective was to determine any differences in the requirement of acute medication and prophylaxis.
resultsFour hundred patients were included in the study, of which 194 were NSUs and 206 were SUs. The NSUs were older with lower education and socioeconomic status. The headache characteristics were similar in both the groups, except for higher occurrence of aura (NSUs: 15 [7.7%] vs SUs: 36 [17.5%];
conclusionsThe use of smartphone was associated with increase in requirement of acute medication and less relief with acute medication. Longitudinal studies may be required to confirm these findings.
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