Table 3.
Demographic data for participants without headache and participants with follow-up headache occurrence
| Without headache during the follow-up (n = 42) (mean ± sd) |
With at least one headache episode during the follow-up (n = 67) (mean ± sd) |
Chi-square (p-value) |
T-test or Wilcoxon (p-value) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline variables | ||||
| Gender (M: F: O) | 19: 22: 1 | 20: 47: 0 | 0.101 | – |
| Height (m) | 1.70 ± 0.11 | 1.67 ± 0.09 | – | 0.073† |
| Weight (kg) | 74.34 ± 15.50 | 69.17 ± 17.72 | – | 0.030† |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 25.38 ± 4.71 | 24.52 ± 4.71 | – | 0.215† |
| Age (years) | 37.83 ± 11.03 | 35.24 ± 11.03 | – | 0.153† |
| HIT-6 (/78) | 45.07 ± 8.83 | 52.10 ± 8.70 | – | < 0.001† |
| NBQ (/70) | 12.00 ± 12.02 | 17.40 ± 11.97 | – | 0.011† |
| Baseline headache intensity | 1.00 ± 1.50 | 3.28 ± 2.20 | – | < 0.001† |
| Baseline neck pain intensity | 1.50 ± 1.95 | 2.81 ± 2.03 | – | 0.004† |
| Baseline headache frequency | 0.83 ± 1.48 | 2.10 ± 1.74 | – | < 0.001† |
| Baseline neck pain frequency | 1.62 ± 2.26 | 2.94 ± 2.58 | – | 0.001† |
|
Home workstation Yes (%) / No (%) |
64.29 / 35.71 | 76.12 / 23.88 | 0.183 | – |
|
Baseline headset wearing Yes (%) / No (%) |
52.38 / 47.62 | 70.15 / 29.85 | 0.061 | – |
| Follow-up variables | ||||
|
Follow-up headset wearing Yes (%) / No (%) |
54.76 / 45.24 | 62.69 / 37.31 | 0.412 | – |
| Follow-up telecommuting hours | 5.13 ± 2.04 | 5.50 ± 1.91 | – | 0.339* |
| Follow-up headset wearing hours | 0.85 ± 1.49 | 1.70 ± 2.35 | – | 0.105† |
M = male, F = female, O = other gender (not identifying as either male of female), BMI = body mass index, HIT-6 = 6-item headache impact test, NBQ = Neck Bournemouth Questionnaire, sd = standard deviation. * = t-test, † = Wilcoxon test