Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences
DOI
10.3906/sag-1806-118
Abstract
Background/aim: We aimed to investigate Internet addiction in pediatric patients with migraine- and tension-type headache in this study. Materials and methods: Among our 200 subjects, 103 had migraine-type headache and 97 had tension-type headache. Results: Headache triggered by computer use was more common in the migraine-type headache group. There was no difference between the Internet addiction scale score of the two groups. The Internet addiction scale scores of the patients were found to differ depending on the aim and duration of computer use. Internet addiction was found in six (6%) patients. Internet addiction prevalence was 3.7% and 8.5% in the two groups, respectively. Conclusion: The prevalence of Internet addiction in children with recurrent headache was lower than that found in their peers in Turkey, possibly due to avoidance of computer use as a headache trigger. This finding raises the question of whether migraine- or tension-type headaches actually prevent Internet addiction.
Keywords
Child, headache, Internet addiction, migraine, prevalence
First Page
1292
Last Page
1297
Recommended Citation
TEPECİK, İLKNUR BÖYÜKBAŞ; KURT, AYŞEGÜL NEŞE ÇITAK; HESAPÇIOĞLU, SELMA TURAL; and UĞURLU, MEHMET
(2019)
"Relationship between headache and Internet addiction in children,"
Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 49:
No.
5, Article 5.
https://doi.org/10.3906/sag-1806-118
Available at:
https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol49/iss5/5