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What is the actual prevalence of migraine?
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Yeh, WZ and Blizzard, L and Taylor, BV, What is the actual prevalence of migraine?, Brain and Behavior, 8, (6) Article e00950. ISSN 2162-3279 (2018) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1002/brb3.950
Abstract
Methods: Attendees at the Australian and New Zealand Association of Neurologists Annual Scientific Meeting (ANZAN ASM) 2017 were surveyed anonymously. Those surveyed included three groups: neurologists, neurology trainees, and others including nonclinical researchers, members of lay organizations, and representatives of the pharmaceutical industry.
Results: In total, 313 of 606 attendees responded (51.7%). 65.9% of neurologist, 57.4% of trainee, and 52.5% of others respondents had a personal history of migraine, with the difference between neurologists and others being statistically significant (p = .03). Migraine in migraineurs and nonmigraine headache in nonmigraineurs were nearly all self-diagnosed. Among neurologist migraineurs, 51.2% experienced migraine with aura and 43% migraine without aura.
Conclusions: Migraine prevalence is significantly higher in neurologists compared to non-neurologists and at least 2-3 times higher than reported in population prevalence studies. This may be due to significant under-recognition of migraine in non-neurologists. This under-recognition of migraine may significantly influence the search for genetic predictors and biomarkers of migraine.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | epidemiology, genetics, migraine, neurology, pain, prevalence |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Neurosciences |
Research Field: | Central nervous system |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Clinical health |
Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Blizzard, L (Professor Leigh Blizzard) |
UTAS Author: | Taylor, BV (Professor Bruce Taylor) |
ID Code: | 128140 |
Year Published: | 2018 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 64 |
Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
Deposited On: | 2018-09-05 |
Last Modified: | 2022-08-23 |
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