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Table 2 Headache-attributed impaired participation from HALT data by headache type and gender

From: The burden of headache disorders in the adult general population of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia: estimates from a cross-sectional population-based study including a health-care needs assessment

Headache type

Overall

Male

Female

Male vs. female

Mean±SEM, median

Lost workdays in preceding 3 months

Any headache

3.9±0.2, 2.0

3.3±0.2, 2.0

5.7±0.7, 3.0

p < 0.001

pMOH

12.7±2.9, 10.0

8.3±1.8, 8.5

17.4±5.6, 12.0

p = 0.12

Other H15+

15.0±3.8, 10.0

14.5±4.8, 6.0

15.8±6.5, 10.0

p = 0.87

Migraine

4.7±0.3, 3.0

4.6±0.3, 3.0

5.1±0.6, 3.0

p = 0.49

TTH

1.8±0.2, 1.0

1.8±0.2, 0.0

2.4±0.6, 1.0

p = 0.19

 

p < 0.001

   

Lost household days in preceding 3 months

Any headache

6.6±0.5, 3.0

3.9±0.7, 2.0

7.1±0.6, 3.0

p = 0.02

pMOH

28.9±4.6, 20.0

21.0±4.0, 21.0

29.6±5.0, 20.0

p = 0.64

Other H15+

13.6±2.8, 12.0

30.0±0.0, 30.0

12.0±2.5, 10.5

p = 0.06

Migraine

6.1±0.5, 4.0

4.2±0.7, 3.0

6.4±0.6, 4.0

p = 0.09

TTH

3.5±0.5, 2.0

1.8±0.6, 0.0

3.9±0.5, 2.0

p = 0.07

 

p < 0.001

   

Lost social or leisure days in preceding 3 months

Any headache

2.0±0.1, 1.0

1.4±0.1, 0.0

2.7±0.3, 1.0

p < 0.001

pMOH

8.9±2.3, 4.0

2.3±0.7, 1.0

10.9±2.9, 5.5

p = 0.12

Other H15+

3.5±0.8, 2.0

2.9±1.0, 2.0

3.8±1.1, 2.5

p = 0.58

Migraine

2.4±0.2, 1.0

2.2±0.2, 1.0

2.5±0.3, 1.0

p = 0.25

TTH

0.9±0.1, 0.0

0.7±0.1, 0.0

1.1±0.1, 0.0

p = 0.01

 

p < 0.001

   
  1. pMOH: probable medication-overuse headache; H15+: headache on ≥ 15 days/month; SEM: standard error of the mean