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Table 2 Character of episodic migraine headache among Kuwaiti populations (N = 3588)

From: Burden of migraine in a Kuwaiti population: a door-to-door survey

Variables

M ± SD/No (%)

Mean Age

34.56 ± 10.17

Marital state

 • Single

641 (17.9)

 • Married

2738 (67.3)

 • Divorced

100 (2.8)

 • Widow

109 (3)

Education

 • University

2269 (63.2)

 • High School

1164 (32.4)

 • Primary School

17 (0.4)

Employment

 • Full time

2513(70)

 • Part time

538 (15)

 • Student

170 (4.7)

 • Housewife

239 (6.7)

 • Not working

128 (3.6)

Frequency of attacks/month

6.67 ± 2.33

Duration of attacks in hours

6.08 ± 334

Severity of headache

 • Not bad

35 (1.4)

 • Quite bad

2170 (60.4)

 • Very bad

1369 (38.2)

Treatments taken

 • Symptomatic treatment

3395 (94.6)

 • Prophylactic treatment

1433 (39.9)

Use Health service

2309 (64.4)

Consultations

 • General practitioner

2253 (62.8)

 • Neurologist

616 (17.2)

 • Persons prescribing Traditional Medicine

586 (16.3)

 • Other specialties

81 (2.3)

  1. M Mean, SD standard deviation