Table 5 Clinical features, psychological and related-disability outcomes in patients with tension-type headache depending on the time when the symptomatic medication intake (n = 136)
Early medication (n = 58) | Late medication (n = 78) | |
|---|---|---|
Clinical Pain Features | ||
Gender (male/female) n (%) | 16 (27%) / 42 (73%) | 20 (26%) / 58 (74%) |
FETTH / CTTH n (%) | 38 (65%) / 20 (35%) | 44 (56%) / 34 (46%) |
Age (years) | 45 (42, 48) | 45 (41, 49) |
Headache history (years) | 12.5 (9.0, 15.0) | 9.8 (7.4, 12.2) |
Headache intensity (0–10) | 6.0 (5.5, 6.5) | 6.0 (5.6, 6.4) |
Headache frequency (days/) | 14.9 (12.6, 17.2) | 17.0 (15.2, 18.8) |
Headache duration (hours per attack) | 7.4 (6.2, 8.6) | 7.1 (6.1, 8.1) |
Psychological and disability-related outcomes | ||
HADS-D (0–21) | 7.1 (6.0, 8.2) | 7.7 (7.0, 8.4) |
HADS-A (0–21) | 10.6 (9.2, 11.0) | 10.8 (10.0, 11.6) |
HDI-P (0–48) | 23.9 (20.0, 27.8) | 22.0 (19.7, 24.3) |
HDI-E (0–52) | 18.9 (15.3, 22.5) | 17.4 (14.6, 20.2) |
STAI-T (0–60) | 23.4 (21.3, 25.5) | 24.0 (22.3, 25.7) |
STAI-S (0–60) | 21.2 (19.8, 22.6) | 21.7 (20.3, 23.1) |
PSQI (0–21) | 7.7 (6.5, 8.9) | 8.5 (7.4, 9.6) |