TY - JOUR
T1 - Adolescents' medicine use for headache
T2 - Secular trends in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010
AU - the Medicine Use Writing Group
AU - Holstein, Bjørn E.
AU - Andersen, Anette
AU - Fotiou, Anastasios
AU - Godeau, Emmanuelle
AU - Hansen, Ebba Holme
AU - Iannotti, Ron
AU - Levin, Kate
AU - Nic Gabhainn, Saoirse
AU - Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike
AU - Välimaa, Raili
A2 - Gobina, Inese
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors thank the Nordea Foundation (02-2011-0122) for financial support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - Background: This study reports secular trends in medicine use for headache among adolescents in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010. Methods: The international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey includes self-reported data about medicine use for headaches among nationally representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds. We included 20 countries with data from at least three data collection waves, with a total of 380 129 participants. Results: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches varied from 16.5% among Hungarian boys in 1994 to 62.9% among girls in Wales in 1998. The prevalence was higher among girls than boys in every country and data collection year. The prevalence of medicine use for headaches increased in 12 of 20 countries, most notably in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Wales. Conclusion: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches among adolescents is high and increasing in many countries. As some medicines are toxic this may constitute a public health problem.
AB - Background: This study reports secular trends in medicine use for headache among adolescents in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010. Methods: The international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey includes self-reported data about medicine use for headaches among nationally representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds. We included 20 countries with data from at least three data collection waves, with a total of 380 129 participants. Results: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches varied from 16.5% among Hungarian boys in 1994 to 62.9% among girls in Wales in 1998. The prevalence was higher among girls than boys in every country and data collection year. The prevalence of medicine use for headaches increased in 12 of 20 countries, most notably in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Wales. Conclusion: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches among adolescents is high and increasing in many countries. As some medicines are toxic this may constitute a public health problem.
KW - Adolescent
KW - Headache
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U2 - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv035
DO - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv035
M3 - Review article
C2 - 25805794
AN - SCOPUS:84926679874
SN - 1101-1262
VL - 25
SP - 76
EP - 79
JO - European Journal of Public Health
JF - European Journal of Public Health
IS - Suppl.2
ER -
