EHMTI-0167. Prevalence of migraine in schoolchildren in the republic of Moldova. Pilot study

Results Of 500 schoolchildren interviewed 338 (67.6%) were suffering from headache and 162 (32.4%) were headache free. The average age of respondents was 16.4 ± 0.17 years. The average age of headache onset was 12.1 ± 0.23 years. Migraine distribution by gender was as follows: girls 73.4% and boys – 26.6%. The prevalence of migraine was 19.4%, with episodic migraine in 11.6% and chronic migraine – in 7.8% cases. Regarding age criterion the questionnaires were distributed as follows: 14 years – 16 (3.2%) persons, 15 years – 101 (20.2%) persons, 16 years – 151 (30.2%) persons, 17 years – 117 (23.4%) persons, 18 years – 108 (21.6%) persons, 19 years – 7 (1.4%) persons. According to gender, there were 314 (62.8%) girls and 186 (37.2%) boys.