The prevalence of migraine in neurologists.
To assess the prevalence of migraine among neurologists and neurologist headache specialists, the authors performed a survey of neurologists who attended a headache review course. The 1-year and lifetime prevalences of migraine in the 220 respondents were as follows: male neurologists, 34.7%, 46.6%; male headache specialists, 59.3%, 71.9%; female neurologists, 58.1%, 62.8%; and female headache specialists, 74.1%, 81.5%. Migraine is much more prevalent among neurologists than in the general population.
Evans
Randolph W
RW
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. rwevans@pol.net
Lipton
Richard B
RB
Silberstein
Stephen D
SD
D000328:Adult; D003710:Demography; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D009462:Neurology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010820:Physicians / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution; D012955:Societies, Medical / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology