Skip to main content

Table 4 Overuse of drugs (n)

From: Analysis of risk factors for medication-overuse headache relapse: a clinic-based study in China

Indicators

Case group (n = 27)

Control group (n = 59)

χ 2

P

Use only a single component drug

9 (33.3 %)

14 (23.7 %)

0.872

0.350

Use only NSAID

6 (22.2 %)

10 (17.0 %)

0.340

0.560

Use only Chinese patent medicine

3 (11.1 %)

3 (5.1 %)

 

0.373*

Use only benzodiazepines

0

1 (1.7 %)

 

1.000*

Combination of compound preparations or painkillers

18 (66.7 %)

45 (76.23 %)

0.872

0.350

  1. Figures in brackets as a percentage. *For Fisher’s exact test