Table 12.

What aggravates your headache? (Please tick (✓) one box for each item).

Increased tension	Don't know	Never	Seldom	Sometimes	Often	Almost always
Overwork (e.g., prolonged working hours, long periods of studying/typing)	□	□	□	□	□	□
When tired	□	□	□	□	□	□
Mental strain (e.g., overthinking or other concentration)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Eyestrain (e.g., reading, computer, or TV)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Muscular strain (muscle tightness)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Physical labour	□	□	□	□	□	□
Lack of sleep	□	□	□	□	□	□
Poor posture in sitting, standing or sleeping	□	□	□	□	□	□
Diet
Alcohol	□	□	□	□	□	□
Coffee	□	□	□	□	□	□
Dehydration	□	□	□	□	□	□
Hunger/being hungry	□	□	□	□	□	□
Chocolate	□	□	□	□	□	□
Cigarette smoking	□	□	□	□	□	□
Soft drink/sodas	□	□	□	□	□	□
Tea	□	□	□	□	□	□
Cheese	□	□	□	□	□	□
Dairy foods (e.g., milk, ice cream, etc.)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Monosodium glutamate (MSG)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Sugar/too much sugar	□	□	□	□	□	□
Spicy food	□	□	□	□	□	□
Overconsumption of oily food	□	□	□	□	□	□
Irregular diet (e.g., eating on the run, skip meals)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Weather
Change of weather	□	□	□	□	□	□
Change in temperature	□	□	□	□	□	□
Exposure to bright lights or sunshine	□	□	□	□	□	□
Hot weather	□	□	□	□	□	□
Cold weather	□	□	□	□	□	□
Windy days	□	□	□	□	□	□
Damp weather/humid weather	□	□	□	□	□	□
Rainy days	□	□	□	□	□	□
Stress and emotional changes
Stress	□	□	□	□	□	□
Nervousness	□	□	□	□	□	□
Anger or irritability	□	□	□	□	□	□
Anxiety (excessive worry)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Depression (feeling unhappy or depressed)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Tension or conflict-related (e.g., from financial constraints, family, relationship, and/or work)	□	□	□	□	□	□
Other factors
Sneezing	□	□	□	□	□	□
Teeth grinding	□	□	□	□	□	□
Other (please specify)