Research Article

Tinnitus and Headache

Table 1

Prevalence and clinical characteristics of the different headache types (according to the questionnaire classification of Fritsche et al. (2007) [45]).

Headache type (% of whole sample)Chronic (% of all patients with this headache form)Episodic (% of all patients with this headache form)Days with headache/monthPatients with medication intake (% of all patients with this headache form)Days with medication intake/month

Migraine86 (45%)14 (16.3%)72 (83.7%)9.9 ± 9.366 (77%)8.6 ± 11.9
Tension-type headache25 (13%)7 (28%)18 (72%)12.8 ± 8.716 (64%)5.1 ± 3.5
Trigeminal autonomic headache8 (4%)1 (12.5%)7 (87.5%)8.5 ± 5.8 7 (87.5%)13.7 ± 27.2
Migraine and tension-type headache11 (6%)Migraine: 2 (18.2%)
Tension-type headache: 3 (27.3%)
Migraine: 9 (81.8%)
Tension-type headache: 8 (72.7%)
13.1 ± 10.08 (73%)7.6 ± 7.0
Nonclassifiable headache63 (33%)n.a.n.a.7.8 ± 6.943 (68.2%)8.4 ± 8.6