Association of Headache With School Functioning Among Children and Adolescents in the United States
Open Access
- 1 May 2021
- journal article
- letter
- Published by American Medical Association (AMA) in JAMA Pediatrics
- Vol. 175 (5), 522-524
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.5680
Abstract
Headaches are among the world’s leading causes of disability for children and adults.1 Clinical samples of youth with headache report frequent school absences, poorer school performance, and lower quality of life than youth with other chronic conditions.2 However, little is known about the association of headache with school functioning at the population level.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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