Table 4.
Triptan usage in respondents with migraine
| Enquiry | Response according to reported headache frequency | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| How often do you have headache (past year)? | All participants n = 1,714 (100%) | At least once a week n = 1,046 (61.0%) | A couple of times a month n = 588 (34.4%) | A couple of times a year n = 78 (4.6%) | Less frequently n = 2 (0.1%) |
| Age, years | |||||
| Mean ± SD | 40.3 ± 11.0 | 39.5 ± 11.1 | 41.1 ± 10.6 | 45.1 ± 11.4 | 46 ± 1.4 |
| Proportion, n (%) | |||||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 176 (10.3%) | 102 (9.8%) | 56 (9.5%) | 17 (21.8%) | 1 (50%) |
| Female | 1538 (89.7%) | 944 (90.2%) | 532 (90.5%) | 61 (78.2%) | 1 (50%) |
| Triptan usage | |||||
| Yes | 975 (56.9%) | 633 (60.5%) | 301 (51.2%) | 39 (50%) | 2 (100%) |
| No | 739 (43.1%) | 413 (39.5%) | 287 (48.8%) | 39 (50%) | 0 (0%) |
| Participants with migraine and no triptan usage, n = 739 | |||||
| Have tried triptans, but do not use them anymore | 234 (31.7%) | 138 (33.4%) | 89 (31.0%) | 7 (17.9%) | N/A |
| Have heard of triptans, but never tried | 179 (24.2%) | 107 (25.9%) | 62 (21.6%) | 10 (25.6%) | N/A |
| Never heard of triptans | 326 (44.1%) | 168 (40.7%) | 136 (47.4%) | 22 (56.3%) | N/A |