Table 1 Characteristics of the sample
Demographic and anthropometric characteristics | |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 38.0 (1.2) |
Race (% of participants) | |
African American | 9.3% |
White | 78.5% |
Other | 12.2% |
Ethnicity (% of participants) | |
Non-Hispanic | 84.0% |
Hispanic | 16.0% |
Education (% of participants) | |
High school or less than 12 years | 10.2% |
Some College | 30.2% |
College Degree | 40.6% |
Graduate/Professional Education | 18.9% |
Body mass index, kg/m2, mean (SD) | 35.1 (6.5) |
Migraine Initial Onset (% of participants) | |
Childhood | 39.3% |
Teenage years | 26.2% |
Early Adulthood (20’s – 30’s) | 31.8% |
Over age 40 | 2.8% |
Migraine Severity | |
Migraine Parameters | |
Frequency, mean (SD) days/mo. (# episodes) | 5.5 (2.6) |
Migraine Days, mean (SD) | 8.4 (4.4) |
Intensity, mean (SD) on scale of 1 to 10 | 5.9 (1.4) |
Duration, mean (SD) hours | 20.0 (14.2) |
Medication Use (% of participants using) | |
Migraine Preventative Medications | 21.5% |
Abortive medications | 90.7% |
NSAID | 66.4% |
Excedrin | 24.3% |
Triptan | 33.6% |
Other | 36.4% |
Pain Catastrophizing (mean, SD) | |
Total Score | 22.6 (11.0) |
Rumination | 9.1 (4.3) |
Magnification | 4.3 (3.1) |
Helplessness | 9.2 (4.9) |
Inhibitory Control | |
Stroop Color-Word Reaction Time, mean (SD) msec | 1203.5 (275.8) |
Stroop Color-Word (% correct responses) | 93.8 (0.1) |