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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the HEADWORK validation sample

From: Validation of a self-reported instrument to assess work-related difficulties in patients with migraine: the HEADWORK questionnaire

 

EM

(N = 280)

CM

(N = 93)

All patients

(N = 373)

Female gender

224 (80%)

78 (83.9%)

302 (81%)

Age

42.1 ± 10.0

44.0 ± 9.2

42.6 ± 9.8

Education level

 Up to secondary

39 (13.9%)

18 (19.4%)

57 (15.3%)

 High

109 (52.4%)

51 (54.8%)

160 (42.9%)

 University degree or higher

132 (47.1%)

24 (25.8%)

156 (41.8%)

Company size

 Small (1–49 employed)

108 (38.7%)

35 (37.6%)

143 (38.3%)

 Medium-Large (50+ employed)

171 (61.1%)

58 (62.4%)

229 (61.7%)

Type of contract

 Stage/Other temporary

16 (5.7%)

3 (3.2%)

19 (5.7%)

 Office/Manual worker

186 (66.4%)

63 (67.7%)

249 (74.3)

 Executive/Manager

9 (3.2%)

5 (5.4%)

14 (4.2%)

 Private Practice/Employer

37 (13.2%)

16 (17.2%)

53 (15.8%)

Duration of career

19.1 ± 10.5

21.3 ± 10.9

19.7 ± 10.6

Career in the present company

13.2 ± 9.8

14.1 ± 9.8

13.5 ± 9.8

Weekly worked hours

39.3 ± 10.8

36.9 ± 9.9

38.9 ± 10.6

Workdays lost in the previous month

1.0 ± 2.0

3.8 ± 6.0

1.7 ± 3.6

Days worked with headache in the previous month

6.5 ± 5.7

16.8 ± 7.8

8.8 ± 7.6

Average productivity (%)

56.4 ± 23.0

51.6 ± 21.0

55.1 ± 22.7

MIDAS score

27.5 ± 23.8

101.3 ± 60.3

41.8 ± 45.3

Days with headache/3 months

18.9 ± 11.3

61.7 ± 15.6

27.7 ± 21.2

Average pain intensity

7.2 ± 1.7

7.8 ± 1.6

7.3 ± 1.7

WHODAS-12

24.6 ± 17.0

41.2 ± 19.6

28.0 ± 18.7

MSQ-RR

51.6 ± 20.3

30.2 ± 18.9

47.2 ± 21.8

MSQ-RP

65.3 ± 22.0

43.2 ± 22.3

60.8 ± 23.7

MSQ-EF

62.9 ± 27.8

34.4 ± 27.7

57.1 ± 30.0

  1. Notes. EM episodic migraine, CM chronic migraine, MOH medication overuse headache, MIDAS migraine disability assessment, WHODAS-12 12-items WHO disability assessment, MSQ migraine specific quality of life questionnaire, RR role restriction, RP role prevention, EF emotional function