Clinical Speciality of 500 Headache Patients: Documentations of Headache Center

Objective:Headache is a health problem which is a prevalent, disabling condition affecting people in all age groups. In this study, we evaluated headache characteristics and associated factors of patients in our headache center. Method:In this study,we retrospectively investigated the file records of 500 patients followed up between 1994-1997 in our headache center. Demographical data and other information about headache of all patients were evaluated in the file records. Results:.Mean age was 33,5 +/- 10,1 years in patients.47,4% of patients had migraine type headache. Other primary headache types were tension type headache, drug overuse headache and trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, retrospectively. We investigated characteristics of pain, treatment schedules and their responses in all headache types. Conclusion:Headache is one of the most frequent health problem in the general population and it may cause disability. Among patients submitted to the our headache center, half of them had migraine type headache. However, we found that some patients had a wrong diagnosis in their initial assessments. This results, suggest that special headache centers are required for headache patients.