Monitoring chronic headache and medication-overuse headache prevalence in Denmark.

Maria Lurenda WestergaardCathrine Juel LauKaren AllesøeSigne Thorup GjendalRigmor Højland Jensen

Published in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2019)

The highest prevalence of chronic headache and MOH was seen among people with low socioeconomic position. Overuse of paracetamol was most common. Reported opioid use was higher than expected. Groups with high prevalence of MOH should be the focus of public health interventions on rational use of OTC and prescription pain medications.

Keyphrases

public health
risk factors
chronic pain
healthcare
pain management
physical activity
neuropathic pain
emergency department
spinal cord injury
global health