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Table 2 Prevalence of headache among the health workers

From: Headache prevalence and its characterization amongst hospital workers in Enugu, South East Nigeria

General prevalence of headache in the past 6 months

Variables

Frequency

Percent

Headache present

117

88.0

Headache absent

16

12.0

Sex prevalence of headache

 

Male (%)

Female (%)

Headache present

62 (87.3)

55 (88.7)

Headache absent

9 (12.7)

7 (11.3)

Total

71 (100.0)

62 (100.0)

χ2 = 0.060; P value = 0.806

Type of headache

  

Primary

44 (71.0)

42 (76.4)

*Secondary

18 (29.0)

13 (23.6)

Total

62 (100.0)

55 (100.0)

χ2 = 0.436; P value = 0.509

  1. *Secondary headache is headache with a definitive and identifiable cause found for it i.e. those with pre-existing conditions that may cause the headache e.g. hypertension, cervical spondylosis, refractive error, sleep apnoea, malaria and other febrile conditions[15].