From: Health-care utilization for headache disorders in Nepal: a population-based door-to-door survey
 | All | Habitation | Dwelling altitude | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |  | Urban | Rural | p* | < 1000 m | ≥1000 m | p* |
 | n (%) [95% CI] | n (%) [95% CI] | |||||
Investigations in the preceding year | |||||||
 All | 214 (11.9) [10.5–13.5] | 75 (10.9) [8.7–13.5] | 139 (12.5) [10.7–14.6] | 0.33 | 106 (12.5) [10.4–15.0] | 108 (11.4) [9.4–13.6] | 0.47 |
 Xray of paranasal sinuses | 26 (1.4) [0.9–2.1] | 5 (0.7) [0.2–1.7] | 21 (1.9) [1.2–2.9] | 0.07 | 12 (1.4) [0.7–2.5] | 14 (1.5) [0.8–2.5] | 0.99 |
 Xray of neck | 7 (0.4) [0.2–0.6] | 3 (0.4) [0.1–1.3] | 4 (0.4) [0.1–0.9] | 1.0 | 1 (0.1) [0.0–0.7] | 6 (0.6) [0.2–1.4] | 0.13 |
 Brain imaging (CT or MRI) | 16 (0.9) [0.5–0.9] | 7 (1.0) [0.4–2.1] | 9 (0.8) [0.4–1.5] | 0.79 | 9 (1.1) [0.5–2.0] | 7 (0.7) [0.3–1.5] | 0.61 |
 EEG | 5 (0.3) [0.1–0.5] | 1 (0.1) [0.0–0.8] | 4 (0.4) [0.1–0.9] | 0.65 | 0 (0.0) - | 5 (0.5) [0.2–1.2] | – |
 Eye test | 160 (8.9) [7.6–10.3] | 59 (8.6) [6.6–11.0] | 101 (9.1) [7.5–11.0] | 0.73 | 82 (9.7) [7.8–11.9] | 78 (8.2) [6.6–10.2] | 0.28 |
Conventional medications in the preceding month | |||||||
 Overall | 912 (50.8) [48.5–53.2] | 299 (43.6) [39.8–47.4] | 613 (55.3) [52.3–58.3] | < 0.001 | 393 (46.5) [43.1–49.9] | 519 (54.7) [51.5–57.9] | < 0.001 |
 Paracetamol | 682 (38.0) [35.8–40.3] | 203 (29.6) [26.2–33.2] | 479 (43.2) [41.9–47.8] | < 0.001 | 250 (29.6) [26.5–32.8] | 432 (45.5) [42.3–48.8] | < 0.001 |
 Ibuprofen | 150 (8.4) [7.1–9.7] | 57 (8.3) [6.4–10.6] | 93 (8.4) [6.8–10.2] | 0.99 | 51 (5.9) [4.5–7.9] | 99 (10.4) [8.6–12.6] | 0.001 |
 Nimesulide | 94 (5.2) [4.3–6.4] | 49 (7.1) [5.3–9.3] | 45 (4.1) [3.0–5.4] | 0.009 | 68 (8.0) [6.3–10.1] | 26 (2.7) [1.8–4.0] | < 0.001 |
 NSAID/paracetamol combination | 71 (4.0) [3.1–5.0] | 18 (2.6) [1.6–4.1] | 53 (4.8) [3.6–6.2] | 0.025 | 43 (5.1) [3.7–6.8] | 28 (3.0) [2.0–4.1] | 0.021 |
Herbal therapies in the preceding month | |||||||
 Overall | 185 (10.3) [8.9–11.8] | 36 (5.2) [3.7–7.2] | 149 (13.4) [11.5–15.6] | < 0.001 | 63 (7.5) [5.8–9.4] | 122 (12.9) [10.8–15.2] | < 0.001 |
 Vicks | 64 (3.6) [2.8–4.6] | 15 (2.2) [1.2–3.6] | 49 (4.4) [3.3–5.8] | 0.013 | 36 (4.3) [3.0–5.8] | 28 (3.0) [3.0–4.3] | 0.16 |
 Tulsi leaves | 11 (0.6) [0.3–1.1] | 3 (0.4) [0.1–1.3] | 8 (0.7) (0.3–1.4) | 0.55 | 7 (0.8) [0.3–1.7] | 4 (0.4) [0.1–1.1] | 0.37 |
 Titepati leaves | 11 (0.6) [0.3–1.1] | 3 (0.4) [0.1–1.3] | 8 (0.7) [0.3–1.4] | 0.55 | 2 (0.2) [0.0–0.9] | 9 (0.9) [0.4–1.8] | 0.069 |