Abstract
Employees from a Brazilian oil company reserach centre (n=993) were interviewed on the occurrence of headache during a 30 days period. Headache prevalence was 49.8%, with a mean frequency of 4 3±7.0 attacks per month, lasting 12.2±21.4 hours each. According to the International Headache Society diagnostic criteria, migraine (5.5%), episodic tension-type headache (26.4%), chronic tension-type headache (1 7%) and headaches not fulfilling the criteria for such disorders (16.2%) were observed. Women suffered comparatively more headache and specifically migraine than men The pain interfered with work productivity in 10% of the subjects, corresponding to 538 75 hours off. According to an indirect costs estimation for each headache, the company may loose up to US$125.98 per employee annually. Since among headaches migraine has the highest indirect cost, migraine prevention and treatment is particularly important at the working environment Migraine frequency may be prevented to a large extent, resulting on positive effects in both the quality of life and productivity. The cost-benefit ratio clearly favours therapeutic and preventive programs against chronic headaches.
| Original language | Portuguese |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 734-743 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
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Keywords
- Costs
- Epidemiology
- Headache
- Migraine
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Biological Psychiatry
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Prevalência e custos indiretos das cefaléias em uma empresa brasileira. / Vincent, Maurice; De Jesus Rodrigues, Andréia; De Oliveira, Gisele Vieira; De Souza, Karine Freitas; Doi, Larissa Morimoto; De Lima Rocha, Manoela Bittencourt; da Cunha Saporta, Mario; Orleans, Ricardo Benedetto; Kotecki, Rosana; Estrela, Vanessa Vieira; De Medeiros, Viviane Antônio; Borges, Wander Inturias Sergillo.
In: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria, Vol. 56, No. 4, 01.12.1998, p. 734-743.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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