Table 6 Severity of pain and activity impairment
Migraine (n = 691) | Tension-type headache (n = 1,441) | Cluster headache (n = 21) | Other headache types (n = 5,208) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
When not taking medicines (n = 691) | When taking medicines (n = 626) | When not taking medicines (n = 1,441) | When taking medicines (n = 978) | When not taking medicines (n = 21) | When taking medicines (n = 20) | When not taking medicines (n = 5,208) | When taking medicines (n = 3,411) | |||||||||
Variables | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % |
Severity of paina (single answer) | ||||||||||||||||
Severe | 365 | 52.8 | 47 | 6.8 | 119 | 8.3 | 89 | 6.2 | 21 | 100.0 | 4 | 19.0 | 1,069 | 20.5 | 243 | 4.7 |
Moderate | 316 | 45.7 | 69 | 10.0 | 841 | 58.4 | 138 | 9.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | 28.6 | 2,112 | 40.6 | 514 | 9.9 |
Mild | 10 | 1.4 | 510 | 73.8 | 481 | 33.4 | 751 | 52.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 47.6 | 2,027 | 38.9 | 2,654 | 51.0 |
Impairment in daily activitiesb (single answer) | ||||||||||||||||
Severe | 204 | 29.5 | 31 | 4.5 | 62 | 4.3 | 26 | 1.8 | 13 | 61.9 | 1 | 4.8 | 395 | 7.6 | 76 | 1.5 |
Moderate | 300 | 43.4 | 56 | 8.1 | 332 | 23.0 | 85 | 5.9 | 5 | 23.8 | 3 | 14.3 | 1,218 | 23.4 | 263 | 5.0 |
Mild | 187 | 27.1 | 539 | 78.0 | 1,047 | 72.7 | 867 | 60.2 | 3 | 14.3 | 16 | 76.2 | 3,595 | 69.0 | 3,072 | 59.0 |
Hoped reduction in the number of headache in a month for improving daily life (single answer) | ||||||||||||||||
Slight | 201 | 29.1 | 405 | 28.1 | 1 | 4.8 | 1,433 | 27.5 | ||||||||
Almost half | 30 | 4.3 | 65 | 4.5 | 2 | 9.5 | 208 | 4.0 | ||||||||
Almost none | 379 | 54.8 | 617 | 42.8 | 13 | 61.9 | 2,046 | 39.3 | ||||||||
Reduction in pain intensity per attack rather than reduction in pain frequency | 70 | 10.1 | 87 | 6.0 | 4 | 19.0 | 395 | 7.6 | ||||||||