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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of participants by their primary headache syndrome

From: Patients’ preferences for headache acute and preventive treatment

   

Episodic

Chronic

Tension-Type

Episodic

Chronic

Cluster

Episodic

Chronic

All

Migraine

Migraine

Migraine

Headache (TTH)

TTH

TTH

Headache (CH)

CH

CH

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

 

514

372 (72.4)

220 (42.8)

152 (29.57)

107 (20.8)

25 (4.86)

82 (15.95)

35 (6.8)

14 (2.72)

21 (4.09)

Sex

 Male

132 (25.7)

69 (18.5)

47 (21.4)

22 (14.5)

38 (35.5)

8 (32.0)

30 (36.6)

25 (71.4)

12 (85.7)

13 (61.9)

 Female

382 (74.3)

303 (81.5)

173 (78.6)

130 (85.5)

69 (64.5)

17 (68.0)

52 (63.4)

10 (28.6)

2 (14.3)

8 (38.1)

Age

 Mean (±SD)

41.71 (12.04)

40.65 (11.68)

38.17 (10.97)

44.23 (11.76)

44.65 (13.18)

42.60 (12.65)

45.28 (13.28)

43.97 (10.16)

39.14 (7.0)

47.19 (10.65)

 < 20 yrs

8 (1.6)

7 (1.9)

6 (2.7)

1 (0.7)

1 (0.9)

0

1 (1.2)

0

0

0

 20–39 yrs

229 (44.6)

180 (48.4)

126 (57.3)

54 (35.5)

37 (34.6)

11 (44.0)

26 (31.7)

12 (34.3)

7 (50.0)

5 (23.8)

 40–60 yrs

236 (45.9)

162 (43.6)

80 (36.4)

82 (53.9)

54 (50.5)

12 (48.0)

42 (51.2)

20 (57.1)

7 (50.0)

13 (61.9)

 > 60 yrs

41 (8.0)

23 (6.2)

8 (3.6)

15 (9.9)

15 (14.0)

2 (8.00)

13 (15.9)

3 (8.6)

0

3 (14.3)

Education

 1

13 (2.5)

8 (2.1)

2 (0.9)

6 (3.9)

5 (4.7)

1 (4.0)

4 (4.9)

0

0

0

 2

24 (4.7)

17 (4.6)

10 (4.5)

7 (4.6)

5 (4.7)

0

5 (6.1)

2 (5.7)

0

2 (9.5)

 3

178 (34.6)

126 (33.9)

86 (39.1)

40 (26.3)

39 (36.5)

7 (28.0)

32 (39.0)

13 (37.1)

4 (28.6)

9 (42.9)

 4

14 (2.7)

12 (3.2)

8 (3.6)

4 (2.6)

2 (1.9)

1 (4.0)

1 (1.2)

0

0

0

 5

21 (4.1)

14 (3.8)

8 (3.6)

6 (3.9)

5 (4.7)

2 (8.0)

3 (3.7)

2 (5.7)

0

2 (9.5)

 6

231 (44.9)

178 (47.9)

94 (42.7)

84 (55.3)

40 (37.4)

14 (56.0)

26 (31.7)

13 (37.1)

6 (42.9)

7 (33.3)

 7

28 (5.4)

16 (4.3)

11 (5.00)

5 (3.3)

8 (7.5)

0

8 (9.8)

4 (11.4)

4 (28.6)

0

 8

5 (0.97)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.5)

0

3 (2.8)

0

3 (3.7)

1 (2.9)

0

1 (4.8)

Profession

 0

92 (17.9)

76 (20.4)

51 (23.2)

25 (16.4)

13 (12.1)

3 (12.0)

10 (12.2)

3 (8.6)

1 (7.1)

2 (9.5)

 1

124 (24.1)

87 (23.4)

45 (20.5)

42 (27.6)

24 (22.4)

5 (20.0)

19 (23.2)

13 (37.1)

8 (57.1)

5 (23.8)

 2

39 (7.6)

26 (7.0)

12 (5.5)

14 (9.2)

10 (9.4)

2 (8.0)

8 (9.8)

3 (8.6)

1 (7.1)

2 (9.5)

 3

48 (9.3)

35 (9.4)

22 (10.0)

13 (8.6)

9 (8.4)

1 (4.0)

8 (9.8)

4 (11.4)

0

4 (19.0)

 4

109 (21.2)

86 (23.1)

58 (26.4)

28 (18.4)

17 (15.9)

6 (24.0)

11 (13.4)

6 (17.1)

2 (14.3)

4 (19.0)

 5

9 (1.8)

6 (1.6)

4 (1.8)

2 (1.3)

2 (1.9)

1 (4.0)

1 (1.2)

1 (2.9)

0

1 (4.8)

 6

5 (1.0)

1 (0.3)

1 (0.5)

0

3 (2.8)

2 (8.0)

1 (1.2)

1 (2.9)

1 (7.)

0

 7

4 (0.0)

2 (0.5)

1 (0.5)

1 (0.7)

2 (1.9)

0

2 (2.4)

0

0

0

 8

9 (1.8)

7 (1.9)

4 (1.8)

3 (2.0)

2 (1.9)

1 (4.0)

1 (1.2)

0

0

0

 9

26 (5.1)

19 (5.1)

11 (5.0)

8 (5.3)

4 (3.7)

1 (4.0)

3 (3.7)

3 (8.6)

1 (7.1)

2 (9.5)

 10

49 (9.5)

27 (7.3)

11 (5.0)

16 (10.5)

21 (19.6)

3 (12.0)

18 (22.0)

1 (2.9)

0

1 (4.8)

Years with headaches

 < 3 yrs

86 (16.7)

48 (12.9)

36 (16.4)

12 (7.9)

34 (31.8)

11 (44.0)

23 (28.0)

4 (11.4)

4 (28.6)

0

 3–5 yrs

66 (12.8)

39 (10.5)

33 (15.0)

6 (3.9)

19 (17.8)

6 (24.0)

13 (15.9)

8 (22.9)

2 (14.3)

6 (28.6)

 6-10 yrs

106 (20.6)

79 (21.2)

48 (21.8)

31 (20.4)

17 (15.9)

4 (16.0)

13 (15.9)

10 (28.6)

4 (28.6)

6 (28.6)

 > 10 yrs

256 (49.8)

206 (55.4)

103 (46.8)

103 (67.8)

37 (34.6)

4 (16.0)

33 (40.2)

13 (37.1)

4 (28.6)

9 (42.9)

Nocebo

 > 15

291 (56.6)

217 (58.3)

142 (64.5)

75 (49.3)

55 (51.4)

16 (64.0)

39 (47.6)

19 (54.3)

9 (64.3)

10 (47.6)

 < 15

223 (43.4)

155 (41.7)

78 (35.4)

77 (50.7)

52 (48.6)

9 (36.0)

43 (52.4)

16 (45.7)

5 (35.7)

11 (52.4)

  1. The education of participants classified according to the International Standard Classification of (ISCDE 2011) [11]: 1 = primary; 2 = lower secondary; 3 = upper secondary; 4 = post secondary non-tertiary; 5 = short-cycle tertiary; 6 = Bachelor’s or equivalent level; 7 = Master’s or equivalent level; 8 = Doctoral or equivalent level
  2. The participant professions classified according to the International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-08) [10]: 0 = unemployed, 1 = professionals, technicians and associate professionals, 2 = executive, administrative and managerial occupations; 3 = service and sales workers; 4 = administrative supporters; 5 = precision, production, craft and repair; 6 = machine and operators; 7 = transportation; 8 = handlers, cleaners, helpers and laborers; 9 = service occupations; and 10 = retired