Table 2.
Participant demographics.
| Participant | Sex | Age (years) | Highest qualification | Employment | Living situation | Migraine days per month (n) | Social media sites used in context of migraines |
| P1 | Female | 31 | Postsecondary | Unemployed | With others | 3 | Fa, Tb, Ic |
| P2 | Female | 52 | Postsecondary | Full-time | Alone | 12 | F |
| P3 | Female | 28 | Postgraduate | Student | With others | 2 | F, T, Yd |
| P4 | Female | 35 | Postgraduate | Part-time | With others | 9 | F, T, Y, Be |
| P5 | Female | 31 | Unknown | Employed | With others | 8 | F |
| P6 | Male | 43 | Postsecondary | Full-time | With others | 4 | F, T |
| P7 | Female | 23 | Postgraduate | Full-time | With others | 16 | F, I |
| P8 | Male | 24 | Postgraduate | Student | With others | 1-2 | F, T |
| P9 | Male | 25 | Postsecondary | Unemployed | With others | 1-2 | F, Y |
| P10 | Female | 47 | Graduate | Unemployed | With others | 29 | F, Mf, Vg |
| P11 | Female | 29 | Postgraduate | Full-time | With others | 1 | F, I |
| P12 | Female | 45 | Postgraduate | Full-time | With others | 12 | F, Ph |
| P13 | Female | 33 | Graduate | Full- time | With others | 10-15 | Y, I |
| P14 | Female | 32 | Postgraduate | Part-time | With others | Daily | F |
| P15 | Female | 58 | Postgraduate | Part-time | With others | 5 | F, Hi, B, MTj, Migraine Buddy app |
| P16 | Female | 31 | Graduate | Unemployed | With others | 5 | F |
| P17 | Female | 59 | Graduate | Retired | With others | 15 | F, I |
| P18 | Female | 54 | Postsecondary | Unemployed | With others | 3-5 | F |
| P19 | Female | 47 | Postsecondary | Part-time | With others | 15 | F |
| P20 | Female | 55 | Postgraduate | Unemployed | With others | Daily | F |
aF: Facebook.
bT: Twitter.
cI: Instagram.
dY: YouTube.
eB: blogs.
fM: Migraine.com (information website with discussion facilities).
gV: Vestibular migraine website with online community.
hP: Pinterest.
iH: Health Unlocked (online social health network).
jMT: My Migraine Team (a social network for people with migraine).