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Managing of Migraine in the Workplaces: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Italian Occupational Physicians

Background and Objectives: Migraine is a debilitating disorder, whose incidence peak in the age group of 30–39 years overlaps with the peak of employment years, potentially representing a significant issue for occupational physicians (OP). The present study was performed in order to characterize the...

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Autores principales: Riccò, Matteo, Ferraro, Pietro, Camisa, Vincenzo, Di Palma, Pasquale, Minutolo, Giuseppa, Ranzieri, Silvia, Zaffina, Salvatore, Baldassarre, Antonio, Restivo, Vincenzo
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9144137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35630103
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050686
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author Riccò, Matteo
Ferraro, Pietro
Camisa, Vincenzo
Di Palma, Pasquale
Minutolo, Giuseppa
Ranzieri, Silvia
Zaffina, Salvatore
Baldassarre, Antonio
Restivo, Vincenzo
author_facet Riccò, Matteo
Ferraro, Pietro
Camisa, Vincenzo
Di Palma, Pasquale
Minutolo, Giuseppa
Ranzieri, Silvia
Zaffina, Salvatore
Baldassarre, Antonio
Restivo, Vincenzo
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description Background and Objectives: Migraine is a debilitating disorder, whose incidence peak in the age group of 30–39 years overlaps with the peak of employment years, potentially representing a significant issue for occupational physicians (OP). The present study was performed in order to characterize their knowledge, attitudes and practices on migraine in the workplaces. Materials and Methods: A convenience sample of 242 Italian OP (mean age 47.8 ± 8.8 years, males 67.4%) participated in an internet-based survey by completing a structured questionnaire. Results: Adequate general knowledge of migraine was found in the majority of participants. Migraine was identified as a common and severe disorder by the majority of respondents (54.0% and 60.0%). Overall, 61.2% of participants acknowledged migraine as difficult to manage in the workplace, a status that made it more likely for OP understanding its potential frequency (Odds Ratio [OR] 3.672, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 1.526–8.831), or reported previous managing of complicated cases requiring conditional fitness to work judgement (OR 4.761, 95%CI 1.781–2.726). Moreover, professionals with a qualification in occupational medicine (OR 20.326, 95%CI 2.642–156.358), acknowledging the difficult managing of migraine in the workplaces (OR 2.715, 95%CI 1.034–7.128) and having received any request of medical surveillance for migraine (OR 22.878, 95%CI 4.816–108.683), were more likely to recommend specific requirements for migraineur workers. Conclusions: Migraine was recognized as a common disorder, but also as a challenging clinical problem for OP. Participating OP exhibited a substantial understanding of migraine and its triggers, but residual false beliefs and common misunderstanding may impair the proper management of this disorder, requiring improved and specifically targeted interventions.
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spelling pubmed-91441372022-05-29 Managing of Migraine in the Workplaces: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Italian Occupational Physicians Riccò, Matteo Ferraro, Pietro Camisa, Vincenzo Di Palma, Pasquale Minutolo, Giuseppa Ranzieri, Silvia Zaffina, Salvatore Baldassarre, Antonio Restivo, Vincenzo Medicina (Kaunas) Article Background and Objectives: Migraine is a debilitating disorder, whose incidence peak in the age group of 30–39 years overlaps with the peak of employment years, potentially representing a significant issue for occupational physicians (OP). The present study was performed in order to characterize their knowledge, attitudes and practices on migraine in the workplaces. Materials and Methods: A convenience sample of 242 Italian OP (mean age 47.8 ± 8.8 years, males 67.4%) participated in an internet-based survey by completing a structured questionnaire. Results: Adequate general knowledge of migraine was found in the majority of participants. Migraine was identified as a common and severe disorder by the majority of respondents (54.0% and 60.0%). Overall, 61.2% of participants acknowledged migraine as difficult to manage in the workplace, a status that made it more likely for OP understanding its potential frequency (Odds Ratio [OR] 3.672, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 1.526–8.831), or reported previous managing of complicated cases requiring conditional fitness to work judgement (OR 4.761, 95%CI 1.781–2.726). Moreover, professionals with a qualification in occupational medicine (OR 20.326, 95%CI 2.642–156.358), acknowledging the difficult managing of migraine in the workplaces (OR 2.715, 95%CI 1.034–7.128) and having received any request of medical surveillance for migraine (OR 22.878, 95%CI 4.816–108.683), were more likely to recommend specific requirements for migraineur workers. Conclusions: Migraine was recognized as a common disorder, but also as a challenging clinical problem for OP. Participating OP exhibited a substantial understanding of migraine and its triggers, but residual false beliefs and common misunderstanding may impair the proper management of this disorder, requiring improved and specifically targeted interventions. MDPI 2022-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9144137/ /pubmed/35630103 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050686 Text en © 2022 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/).
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Zaffina, Salvatore
Baldassarre, Antonio
Restivo, Vincenzo
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9144137/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35630103
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/medicina58050686
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