Table 1 Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Study Participants
From: Global assessment of migraine severity measure: preliminary evidence of construct validity
Characteristics | Total Sample | Episodic (N = 163) | Chronic (N = 100) | P-values |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Age in years (mean, SD) | 42.5(13.2) | 43.2 (12.1) | 41.3 (14.8) | 0.12 |
Gender (n, %) | 0.75 | |||
Male | 51(20.6%) | 33 (20.3) | 18 (18.0) | |
Female | 212(79.4%) | 130 (79.8) | 82 (82.0) | |
Marital Status (n, %) | 0.18 | |||
Married/Common Law | 179(68.1%) | 116 (71.2) | 63 (63.0) | |
Single/Widowed/Separated/Divorced | 84(31.9%) | 47 (28.8) | 37 (37.0) | |
Employment Status (n, %employed) | 167(65.8%) | 117 (71.8) | 50 (50.0) | < 0.01 |
Education (n, %, Bachelors) | 156(59.3%) | 94 (57.5) | 62 (62.0) | 0.52 |
Medication Side Effects (Yes, n, %) | 125(47.5%) | 72 (44.2) | 53 (53.0) | 0.20 |
Migraine subtype (n, %aura) | 169 (64.3%) | 106 (65.0) | 63 (63.0) | 0.79 |
Use of Psychotropic Medication (n, %) | 96(36.5%) | 40(40.0%) | 56(34.65) | 0.43 |
MIDAS (n, %) | < 0.01 | |||
No/ Little | 48(18.3%) | 33 (20.3) | 15 (15.0) | |
Mild | 25(9.5%) | 19 (11.7) | 6 (6.0) | |
Moderate | 44(16.7%) | 35 (21.5) | 9 (9.0) | |
Severe | 146(55.5%) | 76 (46.6) | 70 (70.0) | |
GAMS (n, %) | < 0.01 | |||
Not at all severe | 31(11.8%) | 26 (16.0) | 5 (5.0) | |
A little severe | 30(11.4%) | 25 (15.3) | 5 (5.0) | |
Somewhat severe | 29(11.0%) | 21 (12.9) | 8 (8.0) | |
Moderately severe | 70(26.6%) | 44 (27.0) | 26 (26.0) | |
Quite severe | 52(19.8%) | 30 (18.4) | 22 (22.0) | |
Very severe | 43(16.3%) | 16 (9.8) | 27 (27.0) | |
Extremely severe | 8(3.0%) | 1 (0.6) | 7 (7.0) | |
HADS-Anxiety (mean, SD) | 7.6 (4.4) | 7.2 (4.3) | 8.2 (4.5) | 0.07 |
HADS-Depression (mean, SD) | 5.3 (4.1) | 4.6 (4.0) | 6.4 (4.2) | < 0.01 |
PHQ9 (mean, SD) | 7.9 (6.1) | 7.0 (5.9) | 9.3 (6.2) | < 0.01 |