Table 2.
Functional Burden by the Migraine Phase
| All | Migraine Frequency | Preventive Treatment History | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic | Episodic | No Preventive Treatment | No Preventive Treatment Failures | 1 Preventive Treatment Failure | 2 or More Preventive Treatment Failures | ||
| Limitations completing daily activities in the premonitory/aura phase† (median [25th percentile, 75th percentile] (N)) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (1041) | 4.0 [3.0, 4.0] (299) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (742) | 3.0 [2.0, 3.0] (101) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (189) | 3.0 [2.0, 4.0] (89) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (662) |
| Very or extremely limited completing daily activities (% (n)) | 42.7% (445) | 58.2% (174) | 36.5% (271) | 24.8% (25) | 36.5% (69) | 27.0% (24) | 49.4% (327) |
| Limitations completing daily activities during the headache phase (the attack phase)† (median [25th percentile, 75th percentile] (N)) | 5.0 [4.0, 5.0] (1094) | 5.0 [4.0, 5.0] (316) | 4.0 [4.0, 5.0] (778) | 4.0 [4.0, 5.0] (110) | 4.0 [4.0, 5.0] (197) | 4.5 [4.0, 5.0] (94) | 5.0 [4.0, 5.0] (693) |
| Very or extremely limited completing daily activities (% (n)) | 84.6% (925) | 87.0% (275) | 83.5% (650) | 79.1% (87) | 78.2% (154) | 86.2% (81) | 87.0% (603) |
| Limitations completing daily activities in the postdrome phase† (median [25th percentile, 75th percentile] (N)) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (1076) | 4.0 [3.0, 5.0] (310) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (766) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (107) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (195) | 3.0 [3.0, 4.0] (89) | 4.0 [3.0, 4.0] (685) |
| Very or extremely limited completing daily activities (% (n)) | 48.6% (523) | 62.6% (194) | 43.0% (329) | 32.7% (35) | 36.9% (72) | 42.7% (38) | 55.2% (378) |
†
The survey asked respondents to report limitations completing daily activities on a 1 to 5 scale, where 1 = not limited at all, 2 = a little limited, 3 = somewhat limited, 4 = very limited, and 5 = extremely limited. Excludes those who indicated they do not experience this phase.