Table 1 Background characteristics
From: Burden and costs of migraine in a Swedish defined patient population – a questionnaire-based study
n = 630 | |
|---|---|
Age, mean (SD) | 50.1 (11.7) |
Women (%) | 553 (87.8) |
Level of education (%)a | |
Elementary school | 15 (2.4) |
Secondary school | 170 (27.3) |
University | 406 (65.3) |
Other | 31 (5.0) |
Occupation (%) | |
Employed or self-employed | 479 (76.0) |
Student | 11 (1.8) |
Retired | 78 (12.4) |
Sick-leave | 30 (4.8) |
Unemployed | 15 (2.4) |
Other | 17 (2.7) |
Migraine duration (%) | |
< 1 year | 2 (0.3) |
1–5 years | 12 (1.9) |
6–10 years | 31 (4.9) |
11–15 years | 48 (7.6) |
> 15 years | 537 (85.2) |
Diagnosis by doctor, n (% of all)b | 607 (96.4) |
Migraine with aura | 202 (32.1) |
Migraine without aura | 282 (44.8) |
Chronic migraine | 293 (46.5) |
Episodic migraine | 46 (7.3) |
Other/don’t know | 91 (14.4) |
Other disease, n (% of all) b | 361 (57.3) |
Consequence of previous trauma or head surgery | 23 (3.7) |
Cardiovascular disease | 26 (4.1) |
Psychiatric disease | 139 (22.1) |
Sleep disorder | 85 (13.5) |
Allergy | 122 (19.4) |
Other headache diagnosis | 95 (15.1) |
Other | 224 (35.6) |
HIT-6, mean (SD)c | 63.7 (5.5) |