Prevalence and Heredity of Migraine and Migrainoid Headaches Among 461 Danish Doctors

Dalsgaard‐Nielsen, T; Ulrich, J

doi:10.1111/j.1526-4610.1973.hed1204168.x

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“…Our sample includes two specialties, although the prevalence was higher in neurologists (30%) than in GPs (15%) and a difference was not significant. In previous studies the prevalence of migraine among GPs was found to be similar to that of the general population [35,36,37]. The gender ratio in our sample was 1.5, which is lower than what could be expected for this age group [38], suggesting a higher recognition of the diagnosis among male physicians, maybe influenced by the male preponderance of the neurologist group.…”

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Headache from the Doctors' Perspective

Gil‐Gouveia¹

2014

Eur Neurol

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Background: General practitioners (GPs) and neurologists are involved in treating headache patients in Portugal. Having migraine themselves might influence the way they perceive and treat migraine patients. Objective: To identify clinicians' perceptions about migraine, their own headache status and management of their own migraine. Methods: An observational cross-sectional survey of GPs and neurologists using anonymous questionnaires including demographic data, headache and migraine status and migraine perception questions. Results: Of 348 respondent physicians, 20% were neurologists and 53% were females with an average age of 48 years. The majority had an interest in migraine and considered it disabling (93%), although 65-85% reported management difficulties, GPs more often than neurologists. Satisfaction with current treatment options was high (69-79%). 63 physicians suffered from migraine and 81% felt it influenced their perception of the disease. Portuguese physicians preferentially treat their own migraines with NSAIDs (33%), analgesics (29%) and triptans (20%). Conclusion: Portuguese physicians treating migraine patients have realistic perceptions about the disease and those with migraine feel their perception is influenced by their experience. Although reporting management difficulties, the majority of physicians are satisfied with current treatment options for migraine.

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Headache from the Doctors' Perspective

Gil‐Gouveia¹

2014

Eur Neurol

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“…The frequencies of positive family history in patients with migraine found by our group in the urban population in Mexico City (52.7%) and in the rural population in Te nango del Aire (38.7%) are lower than those reported in the literature [6]. However, pa tients were interviewed only once by ques tionnaire and family history was not probed for.…”

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“…He found family records in 91.4% of the patients, and the analysis of his data led him to the conclusion that migraine is inherited as an autosomal dominant trait. Dalsgaard-Nielsen [5] and Dalsgaard-Nielsen and Ulrich [6] reported a positive family his tory of headache in 61 % of 461 Danish doc tors in 1965 and in a later report, 90% were positive. The difference between the two groups was postulated to be due to the more detailed nature of the investigation in the later study.…”

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Familial Migraine in a Mexican Population

Vilatela¹,

Pedroza

Ziegler

et al. 1992

Neuroepidemiology

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We investigated the frequency of migraine in first-degree relatives of a group of migraine patients in two Mexican populations, one urban and one rural, and in control groups from the same populations. In the urban population, familial aggregation of migraine was found in 52.7% of patients and in the rural in 38.7%. The differences between controls and subjects were statistically significant in both populations. Our findings support the importance of a hereditary factor in migraine but not an autosomal dominant inheritance pattern.

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“…Unfortunately it is much less clear if these types of migraine are inherited. Previous family studies have suggested a genetic factor based on a frequent family history of migraine 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. The 16-21% prevalence of migraine in the general population, however, may cause this simply by chance 14 15.…”

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