Table 1.
Symptom burden: headache frequency and intensity by headache type
| Migraine (n = 597) | Tension-type headache (n = 811) | pMOH (n = 28) | Other headache on ≥15 d/m (n = 40) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Headache frequency (headache days/year) | ||||
| mean ± SD | 28 ± 27 | 17 ± 20 | 226 ± 59 | 259 ± 78 |
| median | 24 | 10 | 216 | 240 |
| Headache intensity n (%) | ||||
| “not bad” (=1) | 20 (3.4) | 235 (29.0) | 2 (7.1) | 4 (10.0) |
| “quite bad” (=2) | 346 (58.0) | 505 (62.3) | 7 (25.0) | 9 (22.5) |
| “very bad” (=3) | 231 (38.7) | 71 (8.8) | 19 (67.9) | 27 (67.5) |
| mean ± SD | 2.4 ± 0.5 | 1.8 ± 0.6 | 2.6 ± 0.7 | 2.6 ± 0.6 |
| median | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
n number of participants with the headache type, pMOH probable medication-overuse headache, d/m days/month