ArticleFrontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland)2025
An analysis of the burden of migraine and tension-type headache across the global, China, the United States, India and Japan.
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- Efficacy of temporo-parietal fascia trigger point release in the management of tension-type headache: a single-blinded RCT.Pain management · 2025Trial
- Driving Mechanisms and Future Trends of Migraine and Tension-Type Headache Burden in G20 Countries: A Comparative Analysis Utilizing Decomposition Analysis and Explainable Machine Learning.Pain and therapy · 2026Article
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- Evaluation of Arabic-Language AI Chatbot Responses to Migraine-Related Questions: A Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Shift work migraine disorder: evidence, mechanisms, and implications for diagnosis, prevention, and management.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Review
- Association of cognitive ability and sleep duration with headache : insights from a Chinese middle-aged and elderly population.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Trends and age-period-cohort analysis of migraine incidence in China from 1990 to 2021.PloS one · 2026Article
- Global, regional, and national burden and trends of headache disorders among children and adolescent (5-24 years old) from 1990 to 2021.BMC neurology · 2025Article
- Global, regional, and national burden and trends of tension-type headache among adolescents and young adults (15-39 years) from 1990 to 2021: findings from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Efficacy of the herbal medicine Chotosan following treatment with Western medications for migraine accompanied by tension-type headache.Frontiers in neurology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Background: Recurrent headaches in headache disorders adversely impact quality of life and job. Migraines and tension-type headache TTH) are the most common primary headaches and a prominent cause of disability globally. However, few research compare headache illness burden in China, India, the United States (US), and Japan. Methods: Global and Chinese, the US, Indian, and Japanese migraine and TTH incidence, prevalence, and disability-adjusted life years were taken from the GBD database for 1990-2021. The data is studied utilizing decomposition analysis, health inequality research, joinpoint regression model, and Bayesian Average Annual Percentage Change (BAPC) model. Results: The study found that migraine mostly affects women aged 15-49, while TTH are evenly distributed across gender and age. The worldwide average annual percentage change (AAPC) in disease-adjusted life years (DALYs) for migraine and TTH from 1990 to 2021 was 0.0357, a statistically significant trend ( Conclusion: Globally and in China, migraine and TTH incidence and burden have increased since 1990. Migraines are becoming more common in young and middle-aged women, so headache treatment professionals should invest more in patient education to raise awareness and improve self-management to reduce disease burden and medical costs.
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