Table 3 Contact and treatment pattern for participants with primary chronic headaches
All primary headaches without co-occurrence of migraine (N = 206) % (n) | All primary headaches with co-occurrence of migraine (N = 199) % (n) | All primary headaches without medication overuse (N = 220) % (n) | All primary headaches with medication overuse (N = 185) % (n) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Contact level | ||||
None | 28 (57) | 11 (22)a | 22 (48) | 17 (31) |
Primary | 72 (149) | 89 (177)a | 78 (172) | 83 (154) |
Secondary | 15 (31) | 23 (45)a | 16 (36) | 22 (40) |
Tertiary | 5 (10) | 4 (7) | 5 (10) | 4 (7) |
Complementary and alternative medicine | ||||
Acupuncture | 28 (57) | 38 (76)b | 30 (67) | 36 (66) |
Chiropractic | 26 (54) | 30 (59) | 29 (63) | 27 (50) |
Homeopathy | 10 (20) | 12 (24) | 11 (24) | 11 (20) |
Naprapath | 5 (10) | 5 (10) | 6 (14) | 3 (86) |
Physiotherapy | 47 (97) | 57 (114)b | 50 (110) | 55 (101) |
Psychologist | 2 (4) | 2 (4) | 2 (5) | 2 (3) |
Psychomotor physiotherapy | 7 (14) | 9 (17) | 6 (14) | 9 (17) |
Any CAM | 58 (120) | 67 (133) | 61 (134) | 64 (119) |
Medication use | ||||
Acute medication | 81 (167) | 93 (185)a | 76 (167) | 100 (185)c |
Prophylactic medication | 1 (3) | 6 (11)b | 3 (7) | 4 (7) |
Co-occurrence of migraine | 0 (0) | 100 (199) | 42 (92) | 58 (107)c |