Table 4 Proportions of participants with headache reporting degrees of control of their headaches, by headache type and gender
From: Interictal burden attributable to episodic headache: findings from the Eurolight project
Headache type | Gender | N | In control of headaches | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
“Always” | “Often” | “Sometimes” | “Rarely” | “Never” | |||
n (%) [95 % CI] | n (%) [95 % CI] | n (%) [95 % CI] | n (%) [95 % CI] | n (%) [95 % CI] | |||
Migraine | Female | 2042 | 228 (11.2) [9.8–12.6] | 812 (39.8) [37.7–41.9] | 667 (32.7) [30.7–34.7] | 214 (10.5) [9.2–11.8] | 100 (4.9) [4.0–5.8] |
Male | 917 | 187 (20.4) [17.8–23.0] | 344 (37.5) [34.4–40.6] | 243 (26.5) [23.6–29.4] | 80 (8.7) [6.9–10.5] | 56 (6.1) [4.6–7.7] | |
All | 2959 | 415 (14.0) [12.8–15.3] | 1156 (39.1) [37.3–40.9] | 910 (30.8) [29.1–32.5] | 294 (9.9) [8.8–11.0] | 157 (5.3) [4.5–6.1] | |
Tension–type headache | Female | 1657 | 566 (34.2) [31.9–36.5] | 608 (36.7) [34.4–39.0] | 307 (18.5) [16.6–20.4] | 87 (5.3) [4.2–6.4] | 54 (3.3) [2.4–4.2] |
Male | 1376 | 523 (38.0) [35.4–40.6] | 470 (34.2) [31.7–36.7] | 209 (15.2) [13.3–17.1] | 79 (5.7) [4.5–6.9] | 71 (5.2) [4.0–6.4] | |
All | 3033 | 1089 (35.9) [34.2–37.6] | 1078 (35.5) [33.8–37.2] | 516 (17.0) [15.7–18.3] | 166 (5.5) [4.7–6.3] | 125 (4.1) [3.4–4.8] | |