The burden attributable to headache disorders in children and adolescents in Lithuania: estimates from a national schools-based study.

Background: We recently showed headache to be common in children (aged 7-11 years) and adolescents (aged 12-17) in Lithuania. Here we provide evidence from the same study of the headache-attributable burden.

Methods: Following the generic protocol for Lifting The Burden's global schools-based study, this cross-sectional survey administered self-completed structured questionnaires to pupils within classes in 24 nationally representative schools selected from seven regions of the country.

The prevalence of headache disorders in children and adolescents in Lithuania: a schools-based study.

Background: While the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study reports headache disorders as the second-highest cause of disability worldwide, the headache data in GBD come very largely from adults. This national study in Lithuania was part of a global schools-based programme within the Global Campaign against Headache contributing data from children (7-11 years) and adolescents (12-17 years).

Methods: The methods followed the generic protocol for the global study.

Translation of the Child and Adolescent HARDSHIP (Headache-Attributed Restriction, Disability, Social Handicap and Impaired Participation) Questionnaire into the Lithuanian Language and Validation of Its HRQoL (Headache-Related Quality of Life) Scale.

Recently developed and originally published in English, the Child and Adolescent HARDSHIP (headache-attributed restriction, disability, social handicap and impaired participation) questionnaire is valid and acceptable for the global assessment of the burden of headache in children and adolescents. The present study aimed to translate, adapt and validate a Lithuanian version of this questionnaire. A total of 22 volunteers from 7 to 17 years of age completed the questionnaire with 24 h test-retest and a representative sample of 2505 schoolchildren of the same age participated in the main study.

Association of language dysfunction and age of onset of benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes in children.

Background: Language dysfunction in children with benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) has been well recognized but data regarding its risk factors are heterogenous.

Aims: To assess language function in children with BECTS and its association with the age of epilepsy onset.

Methods: We assessed language function in 61 children with BECTS and 35 age and sex-matched controls.

Intravenous lacosamide as short-term replacement for oral lacosamide in partial-onset seizures.

Purpose: Lacosamide is a new antiepileptic drug effective for adjunctive treatment of partial-onset seizures. We evaluated the safety and tolerability of an intravenous (i.v.