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Adolescents' medicine use for headache: secular trends in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010. / Holstein, Bjørn E; Andersen, Anette; Fotiou, Anastasios; Gobina, Inese; Godeau, Emmanuelle; Holme Hansen, Ebba; Iannotti, Ron; Levin, Kate; Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic; Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike; Välimaa, Raili; Medicine Use Writing Group.

In: EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH, Vol. 25 , No. Suppl 2, 01.04.2015, p. 76-9.

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Holstein, BE, Andersen, A, Fotiou, A, Gobina, I, Godeau, E, Holme Hansen, E, Iannotti, R, Levin, K, Gabhainn, SN, Ravens-Sieberer, U, Välimaa, R & Medicine Use Writing Group 2015, 'Adolescents' medicine use for headache: secular trends in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010', EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH, vol. 25 , no. Suppl 2, pp. 76-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv035

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Holstein, B. E., Andersen, A., Fotiou, A., Gobina, I., Godeau, E., Holme Hansen, E., Iannotti, R., Levin, K., Gabhainn, S. N., Ravens-Sieberer, U., Välimaa, R., & Medicine Use Writing Group (2015). Adolescents' medicine use for headache: secular trends in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010. EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH, 25 (Suppl 2), 76-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv035

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Holstein BE, Andersen A, Fotiou A, Gobina I, Godeau E, Holme Hansen E et al. Adolescents' medicine use for headache: secular trends in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010. EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH. 2015 Apr 1;25 (Suppl 2):76-9. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckv035

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title = "Adolescents' medicine use for headache: secular trends in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010",
abstract = "BACKGROUND: This study reports secular trends in medicine use for headache among adolescents in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010.METHODS: The international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey includes self-reported data about medicine use for headaches among nationally representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds. We included 20 countries with data from at least three data collection waves, with a total of 380 129 participants.RESULTS: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches varied from 16.5% among Hungarian boys in 1994 to 62.9% among girls in Wales in 1998. The prevalence was higher among girls than boys in every country and data collection year. The prevalence of medicine use for headaches increased in 12 of 20 countries, most notably in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Wales.CONCLUSION: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches among adolescents is high and increasing in many countries. As some medicines are toxic this may constitute a public health problem.",
author = "Holstein, {Bj{\o}rn E} and Anette Andersen and Anastasios Fotiou and Inese Gobina and Emmanuelle Godeau and {Holme Hansen}, Ebba and Ron Iannotti and Kate Levin and Gabhainn, {Saoirse Nic} and Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer and Raili V{\"a}limaa and {Medicine Use Writing Group}",
note = "{\textcopyright} The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.",
year = "2015",
month = apr,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1093/eurpub/ckv035",
language = "English",
volume = "25 ",
pages = "76--9",
journal = "EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH",
issn = "1101-1262",
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RIS

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T1 - Adolescents' medicine use for headache: secular trends in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010

AU - Holstein, Bjørn E

AU - Andersen, Anette

AU - Fotiou, Anastasios

AU - Gobina, Inese

AU - Godeau, Emmanuelle

AU - Holme Hansen, Ebba

AU - Iannotti, Ron

AU - Levin, Kate

AU - Gabhainn, Saoirse Nic

AU - Ravens-Sieberer, Ulrike

AU - Välimaa, Raili

AU - Medicine Use Writing Group

N1 - © The Author 2015. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association. All rights reserved.

PY - 2015/4/1

Y1 - 2015/4/1

N2 - BACKGROUND: This study reports secular trends in medicine use for headache among adolescents in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010.METHODS: The international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey includes self-reported data about medicine use for headaches among nationally representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds. We included 20 countries with data from at least three data collection waves, with a total of 380 129 participants.RESULTS: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches varied from 16.5% among Hungarian boys in 1994 to 62.9% among girls in Wales in 1998. The prevalence was higher among girls than boys in every country and data collection year. The prevalence of medicine use for headaches increased in 12 of 20 countries, most notably in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Wales.CONCLUSION: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches among adolescents is high and increasing in many countries. As some medicines are toxic this may constitute a public health problem.

AB - BACKGROUND: This study reports secular trends in medicine use for headache among adolescents in 20 countries from 1986 to 2010.METHODS: The international Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) survey includes self-reported data about medicine use for headaches among nationally representative samples of 11-, 13- and 15-year-olds. We included 20 countries with data from at least three data collection waves, with a total of 380 129 participants.RESULTS: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches varied from 16.5% among Hungarian boys in 1994 to 62.9% among girls in Wales in 1998. The prevalence was higher among girls than boys in every country and data collection year. The prevalence of medicine use for headaches increased in 12 of 20 countries, most notably in the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Sweden and Wales.CONCLUSION: The prevalence of medicine use for headaches among adolescents is high and increasing in many countries. As some medicines are toxic this may constitute a public health problem.

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DO - 10.1093/eurpub/ckv035

M3 - SCORING: Journal article

C2 - 25805794

VL - 25

SP - 76

EP - 79

JO - EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH

JF - EUR J PUBLIC HEALTH

SN - 1101-1262

IS - Suppl 2

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