Table 4 Headache characteristics and burden of patients with new incident migraine

Headache frequency per month mean (± SD)

5.5 ± 5

5.2 ± 5

5.3 ± 5

Headache days per month mean (± SD)

5.9 ± 5

5.4 ± 6

5.7 ± 6

Headache duration (hours) without medication mean (± SD)

27.0 ± 95

20.9 ± 84

24.2 ± 90

Headache severity (0–3 scale) mean (± SD)

2.06 ± 0.7

2.03 ± 0.6

2.05 ± 0.6

 Usually

34

32

33

 Sometimes

45

47

46

 Never

21

21

21

 Usually

20

15

18

 Sometimes

33

38

35

 Never

47

47

47

 Usually

32

22

28

 Sometimes

35

40

37

 Never

33

38

35

Poor relations with friends (%)

 Usually

32

24

28

 Sometimes

31

36

33

 Never

37

40

39

Loss of work time (workers) (%)

(n = 65)

(n = 119)

(n = 184)

 Yes

34

27

29

 No

66

73

71

Loss of school time (students) (%)

(n = 12)

(n = 8)

(n = 20)

 Yes

42

50

45

 No

58

50

55