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Table 6 Personal impact of headache assessed as headache-attributed lost work, housework and social days in preceding 3 months, by diagnosis and gender

From: The impact of headache in Europe: principal results of the Eurolight project

Diagnosis and gender

Days lost in preceding 3 months

Workdays

Housework days

Social days

Mean [SD]

Range

Median

Upper quartile

Mean [SD]

Range

Median

Upper quartile

Mean [SD]

Range

Median

Upper quartile

Migraine

3.2 [8.6]

0-120

0

3

4.6 [9.2]

0-115

1

6

2.1 [5.0]

0-90

0

2

  Males

2.9 [9.4]

0-120

0

2

3.3 [8.7]

0-100

0

2

1.7 [4.8]

0-90

0

2

  Females

3.4 [8.3]

0-90

0

3

5.2 [9.4]

0-115

2

6

2.3 [5.1]

0-90

0

3

Tension-type headache

1.0 [5.7]

0-90

0

0

1.3 [5.7]

0-90

0

0

0.6 [3.9]

0-90

0

0

  Males

1.0 [6.0]

0-90

0

0

1.0 [5.5]

0-90

0

0

0.6 [3.9]

0-90

0

0

  Females

1.0 [5.5]

0-90

0

0

1.6 [5.8]

0-90

0

1

0.7 [3.8]

0-86

0

0

Probable MOH

14.2 [26.1]

0-180

3

17

21.4 [26.7]

0-155

12

30

9.0 [16.2]

0-90

3

10

  Males

15.1 [32.7]

0-180

2

10

20.0 [31.5]

0-150

6

24

9.7 [18.6]

0-90

2

10

  Females

13.9 [23.3]

0-155

5

20

21.9 [25.3]

0-155

14

30

8.8 [15.3]

0-90

3

10

  1. MOH: medication-overuse headache; SD: standard deviation.