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. 2020 Jan 10;21(1):3. doi: 10.1186/s10194-020-1074-0

Table 1.

Characteristics of the included studies on prevalence of headache among patients with epilepsy

First author, date Country Sample size Study design Data collection tool Prevalence (%) Prevalence of any headache (%) Prevalence (%)
Male Female MA MOA TTH IIH PIH
Erin K, 2017 [34] USA 160 Cross-sectional Self-report NA NA 40.00 NA
Singla et al., 2019 [35] India 123 Cohort Self-report NA NA 47.10 21.10 26.00
Sayena J et al., 2015 [36] Iran 150 Cross-sectional MSQ NA NA 32.60 15.30 17.30
Ashjazadeh N, 2015 [37] Iran 100 Cross-sectional ICHD-II 48 52 54.00 15.00 39.00 42.53 31.48
Fattahzadeh AG et al., 2017 [38] Iran 900 Cross-sectional HIS NA NA 85.20 27.90 48.20
Ito M et al., 2004 [26] Japan 364 Cross-sectional ICHD-III NA NA 40.40 26.00 50.00 40.40
Inn-Chi L., 2018 [47] Taiwan 476 Cross-sectional ICHD-III NA NA 9.70 9.70
Mainieri et al., 2015 [39] Italy 388 Cross-sectional ICHD-II NA NA 53.90 26.30 19.10 48.50 19.10
Zhang et al., 2018 [37] China 339 Cross-sectional ICHD-III 17 29 23.00 23.00
Gökhan Ö et al., 2010 [41] Turkey 86 Cohort Self-report NA NA 47.60 13.90 12.80 16.30
Mameniškiene R et al., 2016 [42] Lithuania 289 Cross-sectional HALT 42 62 83.20 31.70 39.00 77.90
Wang et al., 2014 [25] China 1109 Cross-sectional ICHD-II 57 64 60.10 60.20 30.30 11.70 34.10
Slavica V. et al., 2012 [43] Montenegro 259 Cross-sectional ICDH II 20 85 48.00 15.44 28.00
Shamim R..,2018 [44] Bangladesh 376 Cross-sectional NA NA NA 80.60 NA 80.60
Kwan P et al., 2008 [38] China 227 Cohort HIT-6 68 NA 22.00 4.80 3.10 7.00 19.80
Yosria AHA. et al., 2017 [41] Egypt 118 Case control ICHD-III 31 69 24.60 79.30
Sayed MA et al, 2019 [42] Egypt 100 Cross-sectional ICHD-III 27 73 78.00 70.60 25.58 50.00 66.50

Foot notes: MSQ Migraine Screening Questionnaire, ICHD-II The International Classification of Headache Disorders 2nd edition, ICHD-3 The International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition, HALT The Headache-Attributed Lost Time, HIT-6 The six-item Headache Impact Test, IHS International Headache Society, MA migraine with aura, MOA Migraine without aura, TTH Tension type headache, PIH Post ictal headache, IIH Inter Ictal headache