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Table 1 Respondent characteristics

From: Exploring the link between self-management of migraine and emotional wellbeing: a cross-sectional study of community-dwelling migraine sufferers

 

N

(%) including missing

(%) excluding missing

Age (years), median (IQR)

39.0 (29.0 – 51.0)

 

Gender

 Female

121

92.4

92.4

 Male

8

6.1

6.1

 Other

2

1.5

1.5

Country

 United Kingdom

110

84.0

84.0

 Germany

3

2.3

2.3

 Austria

2

1.5

1.5

 United States

16

12.2

12.2

Ethnicity

 White

119

90.8

95.2

 Mixed/Multiple ethnic groups

2

1.5

1.6

 Asian/Asian-British

1

0.8

0.8

 British Black/African/Caribbean

1

0.8

0.8

 Other

2

1.5

1.6

 Missing

6

4.6

-

Education

 A levels/ College

13

9.9

10.0

 Secondary School

8

6.1

6.2

 University Degree or higher

109

83.2

83.8

 Missing

1

0.8

-

Employment

 Employed

79

60.3

61.2

 Self-employed

17

13.0

13.2

 Unable to work

20

15.3

15.5

 Unemployed

7

5.3

5.4

 Retired

6

4.6

4.7

 Missing

2

1.5

 

Marital Status

 Divorced

7

5.3

5.4

 Married

68

51.9

52.3

 Separated

1

0.8

0.8

 Widowed

3

2.3

2.3

 In a domestic relationship

27

20.6

20.8

 Single

23

17.6

17.7

 Other

1

0.8

0.8

 Missing

1

0.8

-

Diagnosed migraine type

 Migraine with aura

38

29.0

29.0

 Migraine without aura

51

38.9

38.9

 Hemiplegic migraine

11

8.4

8.4

 Vestibular migraine

4

3.1

3.1

 Abdominal migraine

1

0.8

0.8

 Other type/ don’t know the type

17

13.0

13.0

 No migraine diagnosis

9

6.9

6.9

Migraine duration

 30 min to an hour

2

1.5

1.5

 Over an hour

26

19.8

20.0

 The whole day

47

35.9

36.2

 Several days

55

42.0

42.3

 Missing

1

0.8

-

Migraine frequency

 Once or twice per year

5

3.8

3.8

 Once or twice per month

34

26.0

26.0

 Once or twice per week

34

26.0

26.0

 Chronic (15 + days per month)

58

44.3

44.3