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Table 2 Healthcare resource utilization in the past 6 months among people with migraine and its subgroups vs propensity score matched non-migraine controls across EU5

From: Patients’ perspective on the burden of migraine in Europe: a cross-sectional analysis of survey data in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the United Kingdom

HRU

Migraine (n = 218)

Non-migraine controls(n = 218)

4–7 EM (n = 106)

8–14 EM(N =  49)

CM(N = 63)

Number of any HCP visits [mean ± SD]

8.48 ± 10.89***

5.13 ± 6.86

7.25 ± 7.29

7.06 ± 7.64

11.65 ± 16.30

Number of general/ family practitioner visits [mean ± SD]

3.08 ± 3.39***

1.67 ± 1.93

3.05 ± 3.38*

2.94 ± 3.42

3.24 ± 3.43*

Number of neurologist visits [mean ± SD]

0.19 ± 0.54***

0.05 ± 0.29

0.20 ± 0.59***

0.16 ± 0.51*

0.19 ± 0.47***

Number of psychiatrist visits [mean ± SD]

0.85 ± 4.48***

0.15 ± 0.86

0.36 ± 1.22**

0.41 ± 1.58*

2.02 ± 7.98***

Number of ED visits [mean ± SD]

0.46 ± 1.20*

0.21 ± 0.79

0.27 ± 1.06

0.61 ± 1.24**

0.67 ± 1.33**

Number of hospitalizations [mean ± SD]

0.18 ± 0.54

0.11 ± 0.53

0.12 ± 0.38

0.16 ± 0.43

0.30 ± 0.78*

Visited any HCP [n, %]

204 (93.58%)

193 (88.53%)

100 (94.3%)

44 (89.8%)

60 (95.2%)

Visited general /family practitioner [n, %]

168 (77.06%)*

147 (67.43%)

83 (78.3%)*

34 (69.4%)

51 (81.0%)*

Visited neurologist [n, %]

30 (13.76%)***

8 (3.67%)

14 (13.2%)***

6 (12.2%)*

10 (15.9%)***

Visited psychiatrist [n, %]

29 (13.30%)***

7 (3.21%)

11 (10.4%)**

5 (10.2%)*

13 (20.6%)***

ED visits [n, %]

45 (20.64%)*

27 (12.39%)

12 (11.3%)

15 (30.6%)**

18 (28.6%)**

Hospitalization [n, %]

28 (12.84%)

16 (7.34%)

11 (10.4%)

7 (14.3%)

10 (15.9%)*

  1. Note: Chi-square tests were used to analyze categorical variables, whereas Mann-Whitney tests were used to analyze continuous variables
  2. p -values for non-migraine controls vs any other group: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, *** p ≤ 0.001
  3. CM, chronic migraine; ED, emergency department; EM, episodic migraine; HCP, healthcare provider i.e. any physician; HRU, healthcare resource utilization; SD, standard deviation