Conclusions
tension-type headaches, headaches, migraine-tension-type-index, migraines, migraine, cervicogenic
MIGRAINE, MEDICATION OVERUSE HEADACHE, TENSION-TYPE HEADACHES, MIGRAINES
This study describes a selected cohort of children with recurrent headaches and highlights that they are quite severely affected, has a rather large intake of medication and that there is a great variation in management.Although only questionnaire data could be used, requiring a modification of the ICHD criteria, it was feasible to distinguish between migraine and tension-type headaches in nearly half of the children. The large group of non-classifiable headaches might include probable migraines and probable tension-type headaches, as well as mixed, cervicogenic and medication overuse headaches. A migraine-tension-type-index can be generated allowing to include all children in the diagnostic assessment and may be used for further management decisions.Given the risk of lifelong trajectories of recurrent headaches, good diagnostic tools are essential to explore the options of best possible care and management as early as possible.