ArticleThe journal of headache and pain2018
Impact of cluster headache on employment status and job burden: a prospective cross-sectional multicenter study.
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- Perceptions, experiences, and understandings of cluster headache among GPs and neurologists: a qualitative study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2020Article
- Metabolomics in Central Sensitivity Syndromes.Metabolites · 2020Review
- Clinical factors influencing the impact of cluster headache from a prospective multicenter study.Scientific reports · 2020Observational
- Development and Evaluation of a Screening Tool to Aid the Diagnosis of a Cluster Headache.Brain sciences · 2020Article
- Reducing Episodic Cluster Headaches: Focus on Galcanezumab.Journal of pain research · 2020Review
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- Differences in Characteristics and Comorbidity of Cluster Headache According to the Presence of Migraine.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2019Article
- Cluster Headache in Kuwait: A Hospital-Based Study.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundCluster headaches (CH) are recurrent severe headaches, which impose a major burden on the life of patients. We investigated the impact of CH on employment status and job burden.
methodsThe study was a sub-study of the Korean Cluster Headache Registry. Patients with CH were enrolled from September 2016 to February 2018 from 15 headache clinics in Korea. We also enrolled a headache control group with age-sex matched patients with migraine or tension-type headache. Moreover, a control group including individuals without headache complaints was recruited. All participants responded to a questionnaire that included questions on employment status, type of occupation, working time, sick leave, reductions in productivity, and satisfaction with current occupation. The questionnaire was administered to participants who were currently employed or had previous occupational experience.
resultsWe recruited 143 patients with CH, 38 patients with other types of headache (migraine or tension-type headache), and 52 headache-free controls. The proportion of employees was lower in the CH group compared with the headache and headache-free control groups (CH: 67.6% vs. headache controls: 84.2% vs. headache-free controls: 96.2%; p = 0.001). The CH group more frequently experienced difficulties at work and required sick leave than the other groups (CH: 84.8% vs. headache controls: 63.9% vs. headache-free controls: 36.5%; p < 0.001; CH: 39.4% vs. headache controls: 13.9% vs. headache-free controls: 3.4%; p < 0.001). Among the patients with CH, sick leave was associated with younger age at CH onset (25.8 years vs. 30.6 years, p = 0.014), severity of pain rated on a visual analogue scale (9.3 vs. 8.8, p = 0.008), and diurnal periodicity during the daytime (p = 0.003). There were no significant differences with respect to the sick leave based on sex, age, CH subtypes, and CH recurrence.
conclusionsCH might be associated with employment status. Most patients with CH experienced substantial burdens at work.
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