Sociodemographic characteristics of a cohort of patients with chronic migraine from a health district in Asturias

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• 作者：C. Garcí ; a-Cabo Ferná ; ndez ; ^{C.garciacabo@gmail.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author} ; P. Sá ; nchez-Lozano ; A. Pé ; rez-Á ; lvarez ; J.M. Martí ; nez-Ramos ; L. Martí ; nez-Rodrí ; guez ; J. Pascual
• 关键词：Demographic data ; ICHD-IIIβ ; Chronic migraine ; Episodic migraine ; Occupational status ; Educational level
• 刊名：Neurología (English Edition)
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：April 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：31
• 期：3
• 页码：157-160
• 全文大小：410 K

文摘

Chronic migraine (CM), with or without medication overuse, is a common condition in the general population. It has traditionally been assumed that suffering CM has an impact on a patient's socio-occupational and educational level. Our goal was to analyse these characteristics in a cohort of patients with CM and compare them to the general population.

Material and methods

We used a telephone interview and an ad hoc questionnaire to record and analyse the sociodemographic characteristics of 150 patients with a diagnosis of CM according to the criteria of the International Headache Classification. Results were compared to those obtained by the Third Health Survey of Asturias, conducted in 2012.

Results

Of the 150 patients, 142 were women (95%). Married patients accounted for 59.3% of the total interviewees, while 22% were single, 12.6% divorced, and 6% were widowed. Regarding educational level, we found that 73% of our patients had completed secondary or higher education and 25% had completed only primary education. Sixty per cent of these patients are occupationally active, while the rest are not actively employed. Overall, these figures do not differ from those published by the Third Health Survey of Asturias.

Discussion

The classic idea that CM has a negative impact on patients’ educational, personal, and occupational situations was not confirmed in our series. In fact, most patients with CM reported a medium-high educational level and a good socio-occupational status. However, since our series includes only CM patients attended in a specialist clinic, our results are not necessarily applicable to all patients with CM.