Disability, HRQoL and resource use among chronic and episodic migraineurs: Results from the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS)

A. M. Blumenfeld; S. F. Varon; T. K. Wilcox; D. C. Buse; A. K. Kawata; A. Manack; P. J. Goadsby; R. B. Lipton

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Disability, HRQoL and resource use among chronic and episodic migraineurs: Results from the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS)

A. M. Blumenfeld, S. F. Varon, T. K. Wilcox, D. C. Buse, A. K. Kawata, A. Manack, P. J. Goadsby, R. B. Lipton

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Background: Migraine imposes significant burden on patients, their families and health care systems. In this study, we compared episodic to chronic migraine sufferers to determine if migraine status predicted headache-related disability, health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and health care resource utilization. Methods: A Web-based survey was administered to panelists from nine countries. Participants were classified as having chronic migraine (CM), episodic migraine (EM) or neither using a validated questionnaire. Data collected and then analyzed included sociodemographics, clinical characteristics, Migraine Disability Assessment, Migraine-Specific Quality of Life v2.1, Patient Health Questionnaire and health care resource utilization. Findings: Of the respondents, 5.7% had CM and 94.3% had EM, with CM patients reporting significantly more severe disability, lower HRQoL, higher levels of anxiety and depression and greater health care resource utilization compared to those with EM. Interpretation: These results provide evidence that will enhance our understanding of the factors driving health care costs and will contribute to development of cost-effective health care strategies.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	301-315
Number of pages	15
Journal	Cephalalgia
Volume	31
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0333102410381145
State	Published - Mar 2011

Keywords

Chronic migraine
burden
disability
headache
international survey
quality of life
web survey

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Clinical Neurology

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