Abstract
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 | |
| State | Published - Mar 2011 |
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Keywords
- burden
- Chronic migraine
- disability
- headache
- international survey
- quality of life
- web survey
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
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Disability, HRQoL and resource use among chronic and episodic migraineurs : Results from the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS). / Blumenfeld, A. M.; Varon, S. F.; Wilcox, T. K.; Buse, D. C.; Kawata, A. K.; Manack, A.; Goadsby, P. J.; Lipton, Richard B.
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T1 - Disability, HRQoL and resource use among chronic and episodic migraineurs
T2 - Results from the International Burden of Migraine Study (IBMS)
AU - Blumenfeld, A. M.
AU - Varon, S. F.
AU - Wilcox, T. K.
AU - Buse, D. C.
AU - Kawata, A. K.
AU - Manack, A.
AU - Goadsby, P. J.
AU - Lipton, Richard B.
PY - 2011/3
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N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
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JO - Cephalalgia
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