Prevalence and management of headache in a university undergraduate population

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 378-382

  Curry, Kim ^a,c   Green, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TAMPA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS   (United States)

^c Box 10F ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Headache; Migraine; Student

Indexed keywords

NON PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CARE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DRUGS, NON-PRESCRIPTION; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEADACHE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT EDUCATION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SELF CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34547677780     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2007.00237.x     Document Type: Article

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