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Table 1 The demographic characteristics comparisons between different types of headaches and non-headache among nursing staff

From: The prevalence of primary headache disorders and their associated factors among nursing staff in North China

Variable

Non-headache N

Total headache

Migraine

Tension-type headache

Chronic daily headache

N(%)

P value

N(%)

P value

N(%)

P value

N(%)

P value

Total

560

463(45.3)

 

152(21.3)

 

268(32.4)

 

28(4.8)

 

Age

  

0.000

 

0.028

 

0.002

 

0.000

20-29

437

308(41.3)

 

103(19.1)

 

179(29.1)

 

13(2.9)

 

30-39

92

111(54.7)

 

35(27.6)

 

67(42.1)

 

7(7.1)

 

≥40

31

44(58.7)

 

14(31.1)

 

22(41.5)

 

8(20.5)

 

Nationality

  

0.407

 

0.047

 

0.309

 

0.843(adjusted)

Han

535

440(45.1)

 

139(20.6)

 

260(32.7)

 

26(4.6)

 

Non-Han

25

23(47.9)

 

13(34.2)

 

8(24.2)

 

2(7.4)

 

Marital status

  

0.000

 

0.012

 

0.001

 

0.004

Unmarried

336

220(39.6)

 

74(18)

 

127(27.4)

 

9(2.6)

 

Married/Divorced

224

243(52)

 

78(25.8)

 

141(38.6)

 

19(7.8)

 

Education

  

0.009

 

0.044

 

0.073

 

0.067

Junior colleague or lower

356

257(41.9)

 

83(18.9)

 

153(30.1)

 

13(3.5)

 

University or above

204

206(50.2)

 

69(25.3)

 

115(36.1)

 

15(6.8)

 

Nursing specialty

  

0.825

 

0.559

 

0 .701

 

0.046

Internal Medicine

237

207(46.6)

 

63(21)

 

120(33.6)

 

18(7.1)

 

Surgical Department

198

162(45)

 

60(23.3)

 

87(30.5)

 

8(3.9)

 

Others

125

94(42.9)

 

29(18.8)

 

61(32.8)

 

2(1.6)

 

Seniority(year)

  

0.000

 

0.000

 

0.004

 

0.003

<5

302

186(38.1)

 

54(15.2)

 

116(27.8)

 

7(2.3)

 

≥5

258

277(51.8)

 

98(27.5)

 

152(37.1)

 

21(7.5)

 

Title

  

0.002

 

0.559

 

0.017

 

0.001

Primary nurse

267

177(39.9)

 

54(16.8)

 

107(28.6)

 

8(2.9)

 

Nurse practitioner

229

204(47.1)

 

75(24.7)

 

113(33)

 

10(4.2)

 

Nurse-in-charge or above

64

82(56.2)

 

23(26.4)

 

48(42.9)

 

10(13.5)

 

Work arrangement

  

0.145

 

0.82

 

0.046

 

0.067

Day-shift

186

174(48.3)

 

49(20.9)

 

108(36.7)

 

14(7)

 

Rotating-shift

374

289(43.6)

 

103(21.6)

 

160(30)

 

14(3.6)