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Table 4 Consultation with a health-care professional in the last year by headache type

From: The burden attributable to headache disorders in India: estimates from a community-based study in Karnataka State

 

Migraine (n = 597)

Tension-type headache (n = 811)

pMOH (n = 28)

Other headache on ≥15 d/m (n = 40)

Any consultation made (% of n)

30.3

16.6

78.6

72.5

 Primary care doctor (%)

84.0

81.6

72.7

51.7

 Specialist doctor (%)

13.2

13.6

27.3

41.4

 Others (%)

2.8

4.8

0

6.8

  1. n number of participants with the headache type, pMOH probable medication-overuse headache, d/m days/month