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Table 3 What are your expectations of the headache treatment?

From: What do the patients with medication overuse headache expect from treatment and what are the preferred sources of information?

 

Italy

Germany

Denmark

Total

No. of patients

20

20

25

65

A cure for the headache

80.0%* (62.5–97.5)

45.0%* (23.2–66.8)

50.0% (30.4–69.6)

58.9%†‡ (46.0–71.8)

Reduction in the frequency of headache

85.0% (69.4–100)

90.0% (76.9–100)

81.0% (65.6–96.3)

85.2% (76.3–94.1)

Reduction in the intensity of the headache

85.0% (69.4–100)

85.0% (69.4–100)

75.0% (58.0–92.0)

81.6% (71.9–91.5)

A fast treatment of my headache episodes

70.0% (50.0–90.1)

60.0% (38.5–81.5)

61.1% (42.0–80.2)

63.8% (51.4–76.2)

An effective prevention of my episodes

75.0% (56.0–94.0)

85.0% (69.4–100)

72.7% (55.2–90.2)

77.4% (67.0–87.8)

Education to understand my headache

50.0% (28.1–71.9)

75.0% (56.0–94.0)

47.4% (27.8–66.9)

57.6%†‡ (45.0–70.2)

Information about what I can do myself to reduce the headache

65.0% (44.1–85.9)

90.0% (76.9–100)

63.2% (44.8–82.1)

72.9% (61.5–84.2)

  1. The 95% confidence interval is in brackets
  2. * p < 0.05 between countries, p < 0.05 compared with reduction in the frequency of headaches and reduction in the intensity of headaches, p < 0.05 compared with an effective prevention of my episodes