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. 2023 Jul 14;24(1):86. doi: 10.1186/s10194-023-01630-0

Table 1.

Descriptive statistics of the study sample by group

TaU Group
(N = 89)
TaU + MIND Group
(N = 88)
Total
(N = 177)
p-value
Age Median (Q1, Q3) 49.5 (40.1, 54.0) 46.4 (40.3, 55.1) 47.9 (40.1, 54.2) 0.435
Sex Males 11 (12.4%) 9 (10.2%) 19 (10.7%) 0.813
Females 78 (87.6) 79 (89.8%) 158 (89.3%)
Marital Status Never Married 13 (14.6%) 22 (25.0%) 35 (19.8%) 0.064
Married/Cohabitating 66 (74.2%) 50 (56.8%) 116 (65.5%)
Separated/Divorced 7 (7.9%) 14 (15.9%) 21 (11.9%)
Widowed 3 (3.4%) 2 (2.3%) 5 (2.8%)
Years of formal Education Median (Q1, Q3) 13.0 (13.0, 17.0) 13.0 (13.0, 17.0) 13.0 (13.0, 17.0) 0.316
Education Level Primary School 1 (1.1%) 0 (0.0%) 1 (0.6%) 0.753
Secondary School 20 (22.5%) 17 (19.3%) 37 (20.9%)
High School 43 (48.3%) 40 (45.5%) 83 (46.9%)
Any College 20 (22.5%) 23 (26.1%) 42 (24.3%)
Post-Lauream degree 5 (5.6%) 8 (9.1%) 13 (7.3%)
Employment status Employee 47 (52.8%) 48 (54.5%) 95 (53.7%) 0.967
Employer/Manager 6 (6.7%) 6 (6.8%) 12 (6.8%)
Private practitioner 7 (7.9%) 9 (10.2%) 16 (9.0%)
Other (incl.student) 9 (10.1%) 7 (8.0%) 16 (9.0%)
Not employed 20 (22.5%) 18 (20.5%) 38 (21.5%)
Years of Work Median (Q1, Q3) 24.0 (17.0, 30.0) 23.5 (15.0, 31.0) 24.0 (15.0, 30.0) 0.833
Weekly Worked Hours Median (Q1, Q3) 40.0 (36.0, 48.0) 40.0 (30.0, 43.0) 40.0 (34.0, 45.0) 0.113
Company Size Micro 20 (29.0%) 23 (32.9%) 43 (30.9%) 0.800
Small 8 (11.6%) 11 (15.7%) 19 (13.7%)
Medium 13 (18.8%) 11 (15.7%) 24 (17.3%)
Large 28 (40.6%) 25 (35.7%) 53 (38.1%)
Migraine Duration (years) Median (Q1, Q3) 28.0 (20.3, 39.5) 28.6 (16.2, 35.7) 28.5 (18.6, 37.4) 0.238
CM Duration (years) Median (Q1, Q3) 14.9 (4.5, 24.4) 14.0 (5.6, 20.7) 14.6 (4.9, 22.2) 0.651
Headache days/last three months Median (Q1, Q3) 60.0 (50.0, 75.0) 65.0 (54.0, 80.0) 60.0 (50.0, 80.0) 0.250
Previous Withdrawals No. of patients (%) 21 (23.6%) 30 (34.1%) 51 (28.8%) 0.138
No. of Previous Withdrawal 1 12 (57.2%) 16 (53.4%) 28 (54.9%) 0.570
2 2 (9.5%) 7 (23.3%) 9 (17.6%)
3 5 (23.8%) 5 (16.7%) 10 (19.6%)
4 2 (9.5%) 1 (3.3%) 3 (5.9%)
7 0 (0.0%) 1 (3.3%) 1 (2.0%)

Notes. Mann-Whitney U test for quantitative data; Fisher’s exact test for categorical variables. Company size: Micro 1–9, Small 10–49, Medium 50–249, and Large 250 + employees