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A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases
Background and objectives: Migraine is considered the most clinically important primary headache due to its high prevalence and significant burden. Although globally categorized as one of the leading causes of disability, it is still largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. Worldwide, migraine care...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10143091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37109692 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59040734 |
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author | Vikelis, Michail Argyriou, Andreas A. Antoniou, Anastasia Spingos, Konstantinos C. Skliros, Athanasios E. Bilias, Konstantinos Kouroudi, Aikaterini Dermitzakis, Emmanouil V. Skliros, Efstathios A. |
author_facet | Vikelis, Michail Argyriou, Andreas A. Antoniou, Anastasia Spingos, Konstantinos C. Skliros, Athanasios E. Bilias, Konstantinos Kouroudi, Aikaterini Dermitzakis, Emmanouil V. Skliros, Efstathios A. |
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description | Background and objectives: Migraine is considered the most clinically important primary headache due to its high prevalence and significant burden. Although globally categorized as one of the leading causes of disability, it is still largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. Worldwide, migraine care is in most cases provided by primary care physicians. The aim of our study was to assess the attitudes of Greek primary care physicians toward treating migraine compared to other common neurological and general medical disorders. Methods: We surveyed 182 primary care physicians with the use of a 5-point questionnaire regarding their preference in treating ten common medical conditions, including migraine, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, upper respiratory tract infections, diabetes mellitus, lower back pain, dizziness, transient ischemic attack, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia. Results: Overall, with regards to preference to treat, migraine scored very low (3.6 ± 1.0), next to diabetic peripheral neuropathy (3.6 ± 1.0), and third from the bottom to fibromyalgia (3.25 ± 1.06). In contrast, physicians reported a much higher preference to treat hypertension (4.66 ± 0.60) and hyperlipidemia (4.6 ± 1.0). Conclusions: Our results indicate that Greek primary care physicians dislike treating migraines but also other neurological diseases. Topics for further investigation include the reasons for this dislike, any associations with poor patient satisfaction, treatment results, or both. |
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spelling | pubmed-101430912023-04-29 A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases Vikelis, Michail Argyriou, Andreas A. Antoniou, Anastasia Spingos, Konstantinos C. Skliros, Athanasios E. Bilias, Konstantinos Kouroudi, Aikaterini Dermitzakis, Emmanouil V. Skliros, Efstathios A. Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and objectives: Migraine is considered the most clinically important primary headache due to its high prevalence and significant burden. Although globally categorized as one of the leading causes of disability, it is still largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. Worldwide, migraine care is in most cases provided by primary care physicians. The aim of our study was to assess the attitudes of Greek primary care physicians toward treating migraine compared to other common neurological and general medical disorders. Methods: We surveyed 182 primary care physicians with the use of a 5-point questionnaire regarding their preference in treating ten common medical conditions, including migraine, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, upper respiratory tract infections, diabetes mellitus, lower back pain, dizziness, transient ischemic attack, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia. Results: Overall, with regards to preference to treat, migraine scored very low (3.6 ± 1.0), next to diabetic peripheral neuropathy (3.6 ± 1.0), and third from the bottom to fibromyalgia (3.25 ± 1.06). In contrast, physicians reported a much higher preference to treat hypertension (4.66 ± 0.60) and hyperlipidemia (4.6 ± 1.0). Conclusions: Our results indicate that Greek primary care physicians dislike treating migraines but also other neurological diseases. Topics for further investigation include the reasons for this dislike, any associations with poor patient satisfaction, treatment results, or both. MDPI 2023-04-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10143091/ /pubmed/37109692 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59040734 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Vikelis, Michail Argyriou, Andreas A. Antoniou, Anastasia Spingos, Konstantinos C. Skliros, Athanasios E. Bilias, Konstantinos Kouroudi, Aikaterini Dermitzakis, Emmanouil V. Skliros, Efstathios A. A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
title | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
title_full | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
title_fullStr | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
title_full_unstemmed | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
title_short | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
title_sort | survey of greek primary care physicians on their likeability in treating migraines and other common diseases |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10143091/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37109692 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina59040734 |
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