Table 2 Characteristics of the patient population
Characteristics | Persistent PTH (n = 100) |
|---|---|
Employment status, % | |
Full-time employed | 37 |
Part-time employed | 42 |
Unemployed | 21 |
Education | |
Years of education, mean (SD), y | 15.6 (2.8) |
No education besides completion of secondary school or high school, % | 17 |
Skilled labor, % | 25 |
Bachelor´s degree, % | 38 |
Higher education, % | 20 |
Disease duration, mean (SD), months | 49.0 (37.9) |
Headache phenotypes, % | |
Chronic migraine-like | 61 |
Episodic migraine-like | 1 |
Episodic migraine-like combined with chronic TTH-like | 25 |
Episodic migraine-like combined with frequent TTH-like | 2 |
Episodic migraine-like combined with infrequent TTH-like | 2 |
Chronic TTH-like | 9 |
Headache frequency, mean (SD) | |
Yearly headache days | 307.9 (86.9) |
Monthly headache days | 25.4 (7.1) |
Migraine-like headache phenotype (n = 91) | |
Monthly headache days, mean (SD) | 24.9 (127.1) |
Monthly migraine days, mean (SD) | 14.5 (10.4) |
Aura, % | 8 |
Headache quality, % | |
Throbbing | 20 |
Pressing | 25 |
Stabbing | 3 |
Combined (throbbing and pressing) | 49 |
Other headache quality | 2 |
Current use of preventive medications, % | 55 |
ASC-12 scores, mean score (SD) | 3.1 (3.5) |
None, % | 54 |
Mild allodynia, % | 23 |
Moderate allodynia, % | 17 |
Severe allodynia, % | 6 |
Global PSQ-I scores, mean score (SD) | 8.9 (3.9) |
Poor quality of sleep, % | 85 |
HADS anxiety scores, mean score (SD) | 8.3 (4.6) |
Probable or high risk of anxiety, % | 52 |
Probable risk of anxiety, % | 19 |
High risk of anxiety, % | 33 |
HADS depression scores, mean score (SD) | 6.6 (3.9) |
Probable or high risk of depression, % | 42 |
Probable risk of depression, % | 30 |
High risk of depression, % | 12 |