Table 4 Tension-type headache symptoms’ scale among academic students (n = 50)
Tension-type headache symptoms | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Character | ||
Burning/boiling | 4 | 8 |
Tight/pressing | 24 | 48 |
Dull aching | 27 | 54 |
Numbness/tingling | 10 | 20 |
Heaviness | 43 | 86 |
Diurnal pattern | ||
Worse at the end of the day | 19 | 38 |
Worse in the morning | 7 | 14 |
No diurnal variation | 24 | 48 |
Prodromal symptoms | ||
Depressed mode | 13 | 26 |
Fatigue | 45 | 90 |
Location | ||
Vertex | 9 | 18 |
Temporal and frontal | 0 | 0 |
Frontal | 12 | 24 |
Temporal and vertex | 13 | 26 |
Temporal and occipital | 16 | 32 |
Whole head | 0 | 0 |
Postdrome | ||
Depressed mood | 19 | 38 |
Exhaustion | 47 | 94 |
Frequency | ||
Infrequent | 39 | 78 |
Frequent | 9 | 18 |
Chronic | 0 | 0 |
Chronic daily headache | 2 | 4 |
Severity | ||
Mild | 13 | 26 |
Moderate | 38 | 76 |
Severe | 0 | 0 |
Duration | ||
< 2 h | 32 | 64 |
2–4 h | 18 | 36 |
4–24 h | 0 | 0 |
24–72 h | 0 | 0 |
Intermittent then persistent | 0 | 0 |