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Table 4 Activities refrained from or reduced by headaches

From: Clinical characteristics, medication use, and impact of primary headache on daily activities: an observational study using linked online survey and medical claims data in Japan

 

Migraine (n = 691)

Tension-type headache (n = 1,441)

Cluster headache (n = 21)

Other headache types (n = 5,208)

Male (n = 272)

Female (n = 419)

Male (n = 830)

Female (n = 611)

Male (n = 14)

Female (n = 7)

Male (n = 3,198)

Female (n = 2,010)

Responses (multiple answers)

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Operating a computer or smartphone

89

32.7

147

35.1

231

27.8

162

26.5

5

35.7

3

42.9

807

25.2

513

25.5

Drinking alcohol

88

32.4

126

30.1

215

25.9

157

25.7

8

57.1

2

28.6

778

24.3

454

22.6

Going to crowded places

58

21.3

157

37.5*

122

14.7

165

27.0*

2

14.3

3

42.9

368

11.5

467

23.2*

Exercising such as playing sports or walking

58

21.3

71

16.9

99

11.9

65

10.6

3

21.4

2

28.6

380

11.9

225

11.2

Driving a car

45

16.5

47

11.2*

83

10.0

51

8.3

3

21.4

2

28.6

300

9.4

158

7.9

Housework (excluding grocery shopping, laundry, and cooking)

31

11.4

91

21.7*

44

5.3

132

21.6*

2

14.3

0

0.0

174

5.4

357

17.8*

Socializing with friends and playing with children

25

9.2

58

13.8

40

4.8

52

8.5*

1

7.1

1

14.3

111

3.5

162

8.1*

Going to grocery shopping

18

6.6

90

21.5*

32

3.9

101

16.5*

1

7.1

2

28.6

111

3.5

308

15.3*

Taking public transportation

14

5.1

51

12.2*

17

2.0

36

5.9*

0

0.0

2

28.6*

93

2.9

102

5.1*

Cooking

11

4.0

93

22.2*

16

1.9

104

17.0*

1

7.1

1

14.3

82

2.6

300

14.9*

Taking a bath

11

4.0

35

8.4*

18

2.2

26

4.3*

2

14.3

0

0.0

77

2.4

94

4.7*

Doing laundry

8

2.9

45

10.7*

9

1.1

42

6.9*

0

0.0

2

28.6*

43

1.3

111

5.5*

Dropping-off and picking-up children or family members

6

2.2

20

4.8

5

0.6

8

1.3

0

0.0

2

28.6*

26

0.8

30

1.5*

Socializing with neighbors

4

1.5

32

7.6*

13

1.6

16

2.6

0

0.0

1

14.3

54

1.7

61

3.0*

Putting on make-up

0

0.0

25

6.0*

1

0.1

18

2.9*

0

0.0

0

0.0

1

0.0

63

3.1*

Other

82

30.1

87

20.8*

294

35.4

159

26.0*

3

21.4

2

28.6

1,236

38.6

537

26.7*

  1. The Chi-square test was used to compare percentages between sexes for each response, with a two-sided significance level of p < 0.05 presented with an asterisk (*)