Table 5.

Headache and headache type as risk factors for quality of life on univariate analysis

SF 36 scale	Headache type	OR (95% CI)	p-value
Mental Health Component	Any HA	6.03 (1.24,29.33)	0.03
	Migraine HA	8.32 (2.05,33.78)	<0.0001
	Tension-type HA	7.14 (1.77,28.85)	0.01
	HA disability	5.31 (1.46,19.22)	0.01
Vitality	Any HA	2.4 (1.07,5.38)	0.03
	Migraine HA	2.23 (0.97,5.13)	0.06
	Tension-type HA	2.52 (1.11,5.71)	0.03
	HA disability	2.46 (0.99,6.08)	0.05
Social functioning	Any HA	0.75 (0.31,1.83)	0.53
	Migraine HA	1.24 (0.48,3.2)	0.65
	Tension-type HA	1.23 (0.49,3.08)	0.66
	HA disability	1.22 (0.43,3.43)	0.71
Role emotional	Any HA	3.48 (0.87,13.84)	0.08
	Migraine HA	5.12 (1.39,18.86)	0.01
	Tension-type HA	4.43 (1.21,16.25)	0.02
	HA disability	2.18 (0.59,8.13)	0.24
Physical Component Score	Any HA	2.17 (0.6,7.87)	0.24
	Migraine HA	3.38 (0.95,11.97)	0.06
	Tension-type HA	1.27 (0.35,4.64)	0.72
	HA disability	5.31 (1.46,19.22)	0.01
Physical functioning	Any HA	1.5 (0.43,5.19)	0.52
	Migraine HA	3.48 (0.99,12.24)	0.05
	Tension-type HA	0.44 (0.09,2.16)	0.31
	HA disability	2.34 (0.63,8.66)	0.2
Role physical	Any HA	1.9 (0.63,5.73)	0.25
	Migraine HA	3.34 (1.1,10.11)	0.03
	Tension-type HA	2.88 (0.96,8.66)	0.06
	HA disability	2.73 (0.87,8.57)	0.08
Bodily pain	Any HA	3.09 (0.91,10.47)	0.07
	Migraine HA	3.67 (1.17,11.51)	0.03
	Tension-type HA	1.64 (0.53,5.1)	0.4
	HA disability	6.45 (1.99,20.85)	<0.001
General health	Any HA	2.92 (0.85,10.05)	0.09
	Migraine HA	3.31 (1.03,10.62)	0.04
	Tension-type HA	1.96 (0.61,6.25)	0.26
	HA disability	3.84 (1.17,12.59)	0.03

Mental health subscale not analyzed because of only 5 participants reporting abnormality.

HA: headache

SF 36:short form 36 quality of life questionnaire

A: ≤40 score of short form 36 measure means impaired quality of life

B: headache related disability as measured by PedMIDAS instrument

OR: odds ratio

CI: 95% confidence interval