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Table 1 Participants’ characteristics and clinical baseline headache parameters

From: Headstrong intervention for pediatric migraine headache: a randomized clinical trial

 

Educational control

Headstrong

 

(n = 17)

(n = 18)

p

Demographics

Age (yrs, M, SD)

10.2

1.5

10.2

2.0

0.91

Gender (female, n,%)

15

88%

10

56%

0.06

Ethnicity (Caucasian, n,%)

16

94%

17

94%

1.00

Grade in school (M, SD)

4.6

1.6

4.4

2.1

0.91

CBCL total score (M, SD)

52.0

7.8

49.9

11.0

0.60

Mother's age (yrs, M, SD)

35.7

6.2

37.9

8.1

0.50

Father's age (yrs, M, SD)

37.9

5.8

41.8

8.1

0.17

Mother's ed (some college, n,%)

11

65%

13

76%

0.71

Father's ed (some college, n,%)

11 69%

12

67%

1.00

 

Family income (>$50,000, n,%)

10

59%

15

83%

0.15

Headache parameters

Migraine diagnosis (n,%)

17

100%

16

89%

0.49

Ibuprofen prescribed (n,%)

8

47%

12

67%

0.32

Nortriptyline prescribed (n,%)

2

12%

4

22%

0.658

  1. Note: p-value for difference between groups, based on Mann–Whitney U or Fisher's Exact test. M = mean, SD = standard deviation.