Healthcare resource | Cohort | Total (n = 977) | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Episodic migraine (n = 923) | Chronic migraine (n = 54) | |||
Doctor specialty, n (%) |  |  |  | < 0.001a |
 Internist | 537 (58.2) | 14 (25.9) | 551 (56.4) |  |
 Neurologist | 386 (41.8) | 40 (74.1) | 426 (43.6) |  |
Current consultation was for migraine, n (%) | 794 (86.1) | 51 (94.4) | 845 (86.6) | 0.081a |
No. of times patient consulted for migraine in the past 12 months – internist, mean (SD) | 6.3 (5.4) | 4.6 (4.9) | 6.2 (5.4) | 0.193b |
No. of times patient consulted for migraine in the past 12 months – neurologist, mean (SD) | 6.1 (4.7) | 6.5 (5.7) | 6.1 (4.8) | 0.576b |
No. of patients making hospital visits for migraine in the past 12 months, n (%) | 260 (28.2) | 17 (31.5) | 277 (28.4) | 0.603a |
Ever had surgical intervention for migraine condition, n (%) | 1 (0.1) | 0 | 1 (0.1) | 1.000c |