ArticleThe journal of headache and pain2012
Sociodemographic differences in medication use, health-care contacts and sickness absence among individuals with medication-overuse headache.
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- Brief intervention for medication-overuse headache in primary care. The BIMOH study: a double-blind pragmatic cluster randomised parallel controlled trial.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2015Trial
- Prevalence, medication use, and health care utilization in pediatric primary headache: a school-based cross-sectional study.The journal of headache and pain · 2026Article
- Candidate Genes and Proteomic Biomarkers of Serum and Urine in Medication-Overuse Headache.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021Review
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on headache symptoms and drug withdrawal among patients with medication overuse headache: a cross-sectional study.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Article
- The relative impact of smoking, alcohol use and drug use on general sickness absence among Norwegian employees.BMC public health · 2019Article
- Medication-overuse headache: a widely recognized entity amidst ongoing debate.The journal of headache and pain · 2018Review
- Chronic Headache Due to Overuse of Analgesics and Anti-Migraine Agents.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2018Review
- Clinical and Demographical Characteristics of Patients with Medication Overuse Headache in Argentina and Chile: Analysis of the Latin American Section of COMOESTAS Project.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
- Medication overuse headache in Europe and Latin America: general demographic and clinical characteristics, referral pathways and national distribution of painkillers in a descriptive, multinational, multicenter study.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Observational
- Medication-overuse headache: epidemiology, diagnosis and treatment.Therapeutic advances in drug safety · 2014Review
- [Classification and therapy of medication-overuse headache: impact of the third edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2014Article
- Medication overuse headache in children and adolescents.Current pain and headache reports · 2014Review
- Medication-overuse headache: a review.Journal of pain research · 2014Review
- Gender-specific influence of socioeconomic status on the prevalence of migraine and tension-type headache: the results from the Korean Headache Survey.The journal of headache and pain · 2013Article
- Medication Overuse Headache: The Reason of Headache That Common and Preventable.Noro psikiyatri arsivi · 2013Review
- Elevated blood pressure and analgesic overuse in chronic daily headache: an outpatient clinic-based study from China.The journal of headache and pain · 2013Article
- Holding on to the indispensable medication--a grounded theory on medication use from the perspective of persons with medication overuse headache.The journal of headache and pain · 2013Article
- An electronic diary on a palm device for headache monitoring: a preliminary experience.The journal of headache and pain · 2012Article
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Abstract
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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