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Table 1 (abstract P27). Symptoms reported by working migraineurs at least once in absenteeism-related migraine records. Number and proportion of users reporting each of the symptoms are shown (n=3106)

From: 11th European Headache Federation Congress jointly with 31st Congress of the Italian Society for the Study of Headaches

Symptoms

CM (n=730)

8-14EM (n=1237)

4-7EM (n=1139)

Total (n=3106)

Pain/Body

684 (94%)

1145 (93%)

1024 (90%)

2853 (92%)

Mood and cognition

661 (91%)

1114 (90%)

972 (85%)

2747 (88%)

Environmental handicap

643 (88%)

1073 (87%)

944 (83%)

2660 (86%)

Depression

436 (60%)

590 (48%)

435 (38%)

1461 (47%)

Sleep alterations

296 (41%)

435 (35%)

256 (22%)

987 (32%)

Others

271 (37%)

296 (24%)

213 (19%)

780 (25%)

No symptoms

126 (17%)

274 (22%)

161 (14%)

561 (18%)

  1. Note: each user could specify more than one symptom per record and therefore numbers do not add up to 100%. Environmental handicap includes ringing in ears (tinnitus), sensitivity to light, noise or smell; mood and cognition symptoms include nausea, anxiety, confusion, blurred vision, moodiness, or giddiness. Analysis of record-level data showed consistent results with the user-level data analysis.
  2. CM chronic migraine, EM episodic migraine