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Table 2 Association between GAMS and Patients’ Demographic, Clinical and Self- Reported Characteristics with MIDAS as the mediation variable

From: Global assessment of migraine severity measure: preliminary evidence of construct validity

Patients’ Characteristics

Regression Coefficients

95% CI

Age

−0.004

(−0.020, 0.007)

Sex (Female vs. Male)

−0.196

(−0.888, 0.329)

Marital Status (Not married vs. Married)

0.499

(− 0.150, 1.036)

Education (Bachelor’s Degree or above vs. below)

−0.098

(− 0.376, 0.171)

Employment Status (Paid Job vs. Not Paid Job)

−0.681*

(− 0.949, − 0.124)

Medication Side Effects (Yes vs. No)

0.001*

(−0.327, 0.448)

Migraine Type (Without Aura vs. With Aura)

0.405*

(0.093, 0.869)

Migraine Frequency (Chronic vs. Episodic)

0.758*

(0.505, 1.053)

Depression (PHQ-9) (Yes vs. No)

0.471*

(0.208, 0.872)

Anxiety (HADS-Anxiety) (Yes vs. No)

0.316

(−0.189, 0.773)

MIDAS (Migraine Disability Assessment Scale)

0.004*

(< 0.001, 0.005)

  1. *p < 0.05; GAMS Global Assessment of Migraine Severity, PHQ-9 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire, HADS Hospital Anxiety Depression Scale