Table 6 Proportions of participants with headache responding adversely to questions on social isolation, by headache type and gender
From: Interictal burden attributable to episodic headache: findings from the Eurolight project
Headache type | Gender | N | Avoid telling others | Family, friends don’t understand | N | Employer, colleagues don’t understand |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n (%) [95 % CI] | n (%) [95 % CI] | n (%) [95 % CI] | ||||
Migraine | Female | 2042 | 691 (33.8) [31.8–35.9] | 227 (11.1) [9.7–12.5] | 1723 | 201 (11.7) [10.2–13.2] |
Male | 917 | 282 (30.8) [27.8–33.8] | 76 (8.3) [6.5–10.1] | 753 | 85 (11.3) [9.0–13.6] | |
All | 2959 | 973 (32.9) [31.2–34.6] | 303 (10.2) [9.1–11.3] | 2476 | 292 (11.8) [10–5–13.1] | |
Tension–type headache | Female | 1657 | 429 (25.9) [23.8–28.0] | 146 (8.8) [7.4–10.2] | 1298 | 74 (5.7) [4.4–7.0] |
Male | 1376 | 382 (27.8) [25.4–30.2] | 142 (10.3) [8.7–11.9] | 1086 | 84 (7.7) [6.1–9.3] | |
All | 3033 | 811 (26.7) [25.1–28.3] | 288 (9.5) [8.5–10.5] | 2384 | 158 (6.6) [5.6–7.6] |