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Table 2 Headache characteristics at baseline of the total cohort and the subgroups of patients suffering from migraine, tension-type headache (TTH), migraine and TTH and medication-overuse headache (MOH) and assignement to treatment modules

From: Multidisciplinary integrated headache care: a prospective 12-month follow-up observational study

 

Total

Migraine

TTH

Migraine + TTH

MOH

Number of patients

204

62

11

59

69

Duration of disease, Months, mean (SD)

240.4 ± 153.5

229.3 ± 151.7

141.8 ± 118.2

224.9 ± 137.2

279.8 ± 163.7

Headache frequency, days/month (SD)

14.5 ± 8.2

8.9 ± 4.3

15.3 ± 5.5

13.1 ± 7.5

19.6 ± 7.5

Intake frequency of attack-aborting medication, days/month (SD)

10.3 ± 7.3

6.7 ± 3.2

5.1 ± 3.5

6.9 ± 3.9

17.5 ± 7.3

Missed school-/workdays/3 month

24.6 ± 32.3

18.7 ± 18.9

16.3 ± 34.5

19.8 ± 20.7

35.2 ± 45.8

Experience with non-pharmacological treatment (%)

37.9

40.3

27.3

47.5

36.2

MIDAS, mean (SD)

51.94 ± 56.95

39.53 ± 35.89

43.1 ± 79.1

45.55 ± 46.22

70.53 ± 73.00

HADS-depression, mean (SD)

5.29 ± 3.90

4.34 ± 3.55

5.00 ± 5.64

5.29 ± 3.61

6.38 ± 3.99

HADS-anxiety, mean (SD)

7.02 ± 4.16

6.00 ± 3.33

5.67 ± 5.45

7.65 ± 3.93

7.83 ± 4.72

SF 12—physical (SD)

40.75 ± 8.63

41.64 ± 7.74

42.80 ± 9.98

43.02 ± 8.56

38.02 ± 8.45

SF 12—mental (SD)

44.34 ± 10.61

47.09 ± 9.45

46.55 ± 13.94

44.38 ± 10.88

41.67 ± 10.31