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Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache
The objective of this study was to analyse sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache (MOH). A cross-sectional, population survey was conducted, in which 44,300 Swedes (≥15 years old) were interviewed o...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-012-0432-y |
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author | Jonsson, Pernilla Linde, Mattias Hensing, Gunnel Hedenrud, Tove |
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description | The objective of this study was to analyse sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache (MOH). A cross-sectional, population survey was conducted, in which 44,300 Swedes (≥15 years old) were interviewed over telephone. In total, 799 individuals had MOH. Of these, 47 % (n = 370) only used over-the-counter medications. During the last year, 46 % (n = 343) had made a headache-related visit to their physician and 14 % (n = 102) had visited a neurologist. Among individuals aged <30 years, the number of days/month with headache was greater than the number of days with medication use, whereas the opposite was true for those ≥30 years. Both the proportion using prophylactic medication and the proportion having consulted a neurologist were smaller among those who only had elementary school education than among those with higher education (p = 0.021 and p = 0.046). Those with a lower level of education also had a higher number of days/month with headache and with medication use than those with a higher educational level (p = 0.011 and p = 0.018). The MOH-sufferers have limited contacts with health-care and preventive measures thus need to include other actors as well. Particular efforts should be directed towards those with low educational levels, and more research on medication use in relation to age is required. |
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spelling | pubmed-33564742012-06-07 Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache Jonsson, Pernilla Linde, Mattias Hensing, Gunnel Hedenrud, Tove J Headache Pain Original The objective of this study was to analyse sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache (MOH). A cross-sectional, population survey was conducted, in which 44,300 Swedes (≥15 years old) were interviewed over telephone. In total, 799 individuals had MOH. Of these, 47 % (n = 370) only used over-the-counter medications. During the last year, 46 % (n = 343) had made a headache-related visit to their physician and 14 % (n = 102) had visited a neurologist. Among individuals aged <30 years, the number of days/month with headache was greater than the number of days with medication use, whereas the opposite was true for those ≥30 years. Both the proportion using prophylactic medication and the proportion having consulted a neurologist were smaller among those who only had elementary school education than among those with higher education (p = 0.021 and p = 0.046). Those with a lower level of education also had a higher number of days/month with headache and with medication use than those with a higher educational level (p = 0.011 and p = 0.018). The MOH-sufferers have limited contacts with health-care and preventive measures thus need to include other actors as well. Particular efforts should be directed towards those with low educational levels, and more research on medication use in relation to age is required. Springer Milan 2012-03-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3356474/ /pubmed/22427000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-012-0432-y Text en © The Author(s) 2012 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Original Jonsson, Pernilla Linde, Mattias Hensing, Gunnel Hedenrud, Tove Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache |
title | Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache |
title_full | Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache |
title_fullStr | Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache |
title_full_unstemmed | Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache |
title_short | Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache |
title_sort | sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache |
topic | Original |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3356474/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22427000 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10194-012-0432-y |
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