Table 2 Previous studies: prevalence of menstrual migraine [2, 9–13, 15, 30–32]
From: Self-reported menstrual migraine in the general population
Author | Study population | Participants | Design | Definition of PMM and MRM | Prevalence of PMM among migraineurs | Prevalence of MRM among migraineurs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Norway, Vetvik and Russell [This study] | General population | n = 10,176 30–44 years | Retrospective questionnaire | ICHD 2, Appendix | PMM: 7.7% | MRM: 13.2% |
USA, Tepper et al. [30] | OB/GYN clinic | n = 610 Mean 32 years | Physician interview and prospective diary | ICHD 2, Appendix | PMM: 12.1% | MRM: 10.0% |
Norway, Bekkelund et al. [32] | Clinic population (newspaper advertisement) | n = 62 16–46 years, mean 36.2 | Telephone interview and prospective diary of 12 months | ICHD 2, Appendix | Menstrual migraine (not divided into PMM and MRM) 46.7% | |
The Netherlands, Couturier et al. [15] | General population | n = 1,181 13–55 years | Retrospective questionnaire | PMM: migraine attack exclusively on days −2 to +2 MRM: attacks on days −2 to +2 and at other times | PMM: 0.85% In the general population, not among migraineurs | MRM: 3% In the general population, not among migraineurs |
Sweden, Mattsson [31] | General population | n = 728 Age 40–74 years | Retrospective physician interview and questionnaire | >75% of attack of MO within the days 1 ± 2 | Menstrual migraine (not divided into PMM and MRM) 21% | |
Serbia, Dzoljic et al. [12] | Female students | n = 1,943 18–28 years | Retrospective questionnaire | PMM: migraine attack exclusively on day 1 ± 2 MRM: aggravated during menstruation | PMM 12% | MRM 68% |
Italy, Cupini et al. [11] | Headache clinic | n = 154 women with MO | Prospective diary of 3 months | PMM: migraine attack exclusively from 2 days before to 3 days after menstruation MRM: not defined | PMM 13.6% | MRM 56.4% |
Denmark, Russell et al. [2] | General population | n = 1,000 40 years | Physician interview and questionnaire | Attacks occurring ±48 h from the start of menstruation in >90% of the cycles | Menstrual migraine (not divided into PMM and MRM) 24.8% | |
Italy, Granella et al. [9] | Headache clinic | n = 1,300 | Retrospective | PMM: Migraine attacks on day −3 to +3 (>90%attacks in perimenstrual period) MRM: attacks occurred predominantly in this period | PMM 9.1% | MRM 50.8% |
18–70 years | ||||||
UK, Beckham et al. [13] | Headache clinic | n = 14 26–46 years, mean 35 | Prospective diary of 1 month and physician interview | PMM: migraine attack on day −3 to +3 MRM: the mean of the total headache activity was greater during the premenstrual and menstrual phases compared to the ovulatory and luteal phases | PMM 7.1% | MRM 71.4% |
UK, MacGregor et al. [10] | Headache clinic | n = 55 17–50 years, mean 35.8 | Prospective diary of three cycles | PMM: migraine attack exclusively on day 1 ± 2 MRM: increased number of attacks within this period | PMM 7.2% | MRM 34.5% |