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Table 1 Demographics among respondents stratified by mean monthly migraine days (MMDs)

From: My Migraine Voice survey: disease impact on healthcare resource utilization, personal and working life in Finland

 

Overall

4 ≤ MMD < 8

8 ≤ MMD < 15

MMD ≥ 15

p-value

N

338

133

139

66

 

Age (mean (SD))

43.6 (11.5)

43.4 (11.5)

43.4 (11.2)

44.6 (12.1)

0.724

Mean headache days incl. Migraine (mean (SD))

12.4 (6.1)

8.2 (4.2)

12.5 (4.0)

20.6 (4.4)

< 0.001

Gender (%)

 Female

314 (92.9)

123 (92.5)

132 (95.0)

59 (89.4)

0.339

 Male

24 (7.1)

10 (7.5)

7 (5.0)

7 (10.6)

Employed

227 (67.2)

92 (69.2)

97 (69.8)

38 (57.6)

0.180

Time being affected by migraine (%)

 0–5 years

16 (4.7)

5 (3.8)

7 (5.0)

4 (6.1)

0.366

 6–15 years

73 (21.6)

36 (27.1)

26 (18.7)

11 (16.7)

 16 or more years

249 (73.7)

92 (69.2)

106 (76.3)

51 (77.3)

Comorbidities

 Chronic pain (%)

79 (23.4)

22 (16.5)

36 (25.9)

21 (31.8)

0.037

 Cardiometabolic disorders (%)

141 (41.7)

62 (46.6)

51 (36.7)

28 (42.4)

0.250

 Mental health-related (%)

118 (34.9)

42 (31.6)

49 (35.3)

27 (40.9)

0.427

 Other (%)

180 (53.3)

68 (51.1)

74 (53.2)

38 (57.6)

0.692

Responsible HCP for treating migraine (%)

 General practitioner

111 (32.8)

49 (36.8)

48 (34.5)

14 (21.2)

0.007

 Neurologist

111 (32.8)

31 (23.3)

49 (35.3)

31 (47.0)

 Other

16 (4.7)

6 (4.5)

6 (4.3)

4 (6.1)

 Myself instead of any HCP

77 (22.8)

41 (30.8)

26 (18.7)

10 (15.2)

 No one

23 (6.8)

6 (4.5)

10 (7.2)

7 (10.6)

  1. Age and mean headache days are presented as mean +/− SD (standard deviation) and other variables as absolute number and percentage of respondents. Grouped comorbidities are presented in more detail in the Additional file 2
  2. HCP healthcare practitioner