Table 1 Sociodemographic and health-related characteristics of the study sample
Variable | Total sample (N = 949) | Physician consultation | p value (adj.)d | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes (N = 481) | No (N = 468) | ||||
Sex, n (%) | Men | 358 (37.7) | 162 (33.6)c | 196 (41.9) | .045a |
Women | 592 (62.3) | 320 (66.4)c | 272 (58.1) | ||
(missings n = 0) | |||||
Age group, n (%) | 14–34 years | 252 (26.6) | 102 (21.2) | 150 (32.1) | .006b |
35–54 years | 355 (37.4) | 190 (39.5) | 165 (35.3) | ||
55–74 years | 269 (28.3) | 154 (32.0) | 115 (24.6) | ||
≥75 years | 73 (7.7) | 35 (7.3) | 38 (8.1) | ||
(missings n = 0) | |||||
School education, n (%) | Lower education | 725 (76.6) | 377 (78.5) | 348 (74.5) | .52b |
Higher education | 206 (21.8) | 97 (20.2) | 109 (23.3) | ||
Still in school | 16 (1.7) | 6 (1.3) | 10 (2.1) | ||
(missings n = 3) | |||||
Work schedule, n (%) | Full-time | 376 (40.0) | 164 (34.5) | 212 (45.6) | .002b |
Part-time | 177 (18.8) | 107 (22.5) | 70 (15.1) | ||
Pensioners | 218 (23.2) | 125 (26.3) | 93 (20.0) | ||
Other | 170 (18.1) | 80 (16.8) | 90 (19.4) | ||
(missings n = 6) | |||||
Occupational group, n (%) | Employed manual workers | 192 (20.6) | 112 (23.9) | 80 (17.2) | .045b |
Employees / Officials | 605 (64.8) | 301 (64.2) | 304 (65.5) | ||
Self-employed persons | 68 (7.3) | 24 (5.1) | 44 (9.5) | ||
Persons who never had a job | 68 (7.3) | 32 (6.8) | 36 (7.8) | ||
(missings n = 12) | |||||
Composition of household, n (%) | Living together | 745 (78.5) | 385 (80.0) | 360 (76.9) | .52a |
Living alone | 204 (21.5) | 96 (20.0) | 108 (23.1) | ||
(missings n = 0) | |||||
Residential environment, n (%) | Rural | 122 (12.9) | 72 (15.0) | 50 (10.7) | .163a |
Urban | 827 (87.1) | 409 (85.0) | 418 (89.3) | ||
(missings n = 0) | |||||
Headache days per month (HDM), n (%) | < 1 | 360 (37.9) | 111 (23.1) | 249 (53.2) | < .001b |
1–3 | 399 (42.0) | 234 (48.6) | 165 (35.3) | ||
4–14 | 145 (15.3) | 100 (20.8) | 45 (9.6) | ||
≥15 | 45 (4.7) | 36 (7.5) | 9 (1.9) | ||
(missings n = 0) | |||||
Adverse headache impact (HIT-6), n (%) | No or little impact | 395 (42.4) | 132 (27.6) | 263 (57.9) | < .001b |
Moderate impact | 235 (25.2) | 121 (25.3) | 114 (25.1) | ||
Substantial impact | 109 (11.7) | 73 (15.3) | 36 (7.9) | ||
Severe impact | 193 (20.7) | 152 (31.8) | 41 (9.0) | ||
(missings n = 16) | |||||