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Table 7 Spearman correlations between headache-attributed disability1 and total lost productivity (HALT questions 1 + 2 + 3 + 4) by headache type and country

From: The relationship between headache-attributed disability and lost productivity: 2. Empirical evidence from population-based studies in nine disparate countries

Country

Migraine

Probable medication-overuse headache

N

rs

p

N

rs

p

China

203

0.28

< 0.001

–

–

–

Ethiopia

479

0.28

< 0.001

23

0.34

0.12

India

372

0.25

< 0.001

27

− 0.11

0.57

Lithuania + Luxembourg

554

0.30

< 0.001

62

0.08

0.52

Nepal

674

0.11

0.004

53

0.09

0.50

Pakistan

617

0.31

< 0.001

115

−0.14

0.14

Russia

108

0.28

0.004

64

0.32

0.01

Spain

367

0.37

< 0.001

55

0.28

0.04

  1. HALT: Headache-Attributed Lost Time questionnaire. 1 Calculated as proportion of time in ictal state*disability weight from GBD2015 [49]; significant p-values are emboldened.