Stratified Care vs Step Care Strategies for Migraine: The Disability in Strategies of Care (DISC) Study: A Randomized Trial
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Stratified care appears to be more effective than step care strategies when treating patients with migraine. Most guidelines recommend step care, in which the doctor begins with a commonly used drug, then switches to another if the patient doesn't respond. In stratified care, the doctor first uses whatever drug will best treat the patient's symptoms.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 2000
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Prevalence of migraine headache in the United States: relation of age, income, race, and other sociodemographic factors
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A survey of 20,468 Americans between 12 and 80 years of age found that women between the ages of 30 and 49 from low-income households had the highest risk of having severe migraine headaches. Questionnaires were mailed to 15,000 households identified by a market research firm as being representative of the population. Of the total respondents, 17.6% of the females and 5.7% of the males reported having one or more migraines per year. The prevalence of migraine was more than 60% higher in the lowest income groups than in the highest. Projecting these statistics to the entire population would indicate that 8.7 million females and 2.6 million males suffer from moderate to severe migraine.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1992
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Epidemiology of tension-type headache
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Episodes of tension headache appear to be common and result in lost productivity at work. A survey of 13,345 people in one community found that 38% had experienced an episode of tension headache in the past year. Women of all ages were more likely to have episodic tension headache than men and whites of both sexes more likely than blacks. Those in their 30s were most likely to have episodic tension headache. Almost half reported that the headaches affected their ability to function effectively and 8% lost workdays because of them. Chronic tension headache was much less common.
Publication Name: JAMA, The Journal of the American Medical Association
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0098-7484
Year: 1998
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