Table 1 Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients
From: Migraine patients’ journey until a tertiary headache center: an observational study
Sociodemographic and clinical data | N | % |
|---|---|---|
Gender (n = 462) | ||
Men | 126 | 27.3 |
Women | 336 | 72.7 |
Marital status (n = 241) | ||
Married | 142 | 58.9 |
Single | 79 | 32.8 |
Divorced | 16 | 6.6 |
Widower | 3 | 1.2 |
Separated | 1 | 0.4 |
Activity/main occupation (n = 230) | ||
Employed | 176 | 76.5 |
Student | 37 | 16.1 |
Housewife | 14 | 6.1 |
Retired | 2 | 0.9 |
Unemployed | 1 | 0.4 |
Age (Mean/SD - n = 463) | 37.3 | 13.0 |
BMI (Mean/SD - n = 334) | 24.1 | 3.9 |
Patient Health Questionnaire - 9 (PHQ-9) (n = 445) | ||
Minimal or none | 152 | 34.2 |
Mild | 152 | 34.2 |
Moderate | 75 | 16.9 |
Moderately severe | 35 | 7.9 |
Severe | 31 | 7.0 |
General Anxiety Disorder - 7 (GAD-7) (n = 445) | ||
None | 139 | 31.2 |
Mild | 144 | 32.4 |
Moderate | 93 | 20.9 |
Severe | 69 | 15.5 |
Health problems (n = 355) | ||
Rhinitis | 180 | 50.7 |
Sinusitis | 175 | 49.3 |
Gastritis | 173 | 48.7 |
Kidney Stone | 66 | 18.6 |
Polycystic ovary | 58 | 16.3 |
Systemic arterial hypertension | 39 | 11.0 |
Endometriosis | 22 | 6.2 |
Fibromyalgia | 21 | 5.9 |
Family member who also had a history of headache (n = 207) | ||
Mother | 118 | 57.0 |
Siblings | 71 | 34.3 |
Grandparents | 53 | 25.6 |
Father | 49 | 23.7 |
Children | 25 | 12.1 |