title: FRAMIG 2000: medical and therapeutic management of migraine in France.
abstract: FRAMIG 2000 is a population-based survey of medical and therapeutic management of migraine in France. A total of 312 migraine sufferers were first identified from a representative sample of 4689 adult subjects using a validated questionnaire based on the IHS migraine diagnostic criteria and administered by telephone. Subjects were then interviewed using a branching questionnaire and a computer-assisted interview technique. Although 80% were self-aware of their migrainous state, 82% of migraine sufferers had no medical follow-up for migraine. The proportion of migraine sufferers who did not consult decreased slightly with increasing migraine-related disability (from 87% for subjects in MIDAS grade I to 68% for those in MIDAS grade IV). Migraine sufferers declared to effectively control only four attacks out of 10 after the first intake of the usual treatment. Only 6% of subjects in the survey received a prophylactic treatment for migraine whereas 22% were in MIDAS grade III or IV. These data show that the burden of migraine does not result from a deficit in diagnosis but instead from a deficit in patient information on the proper use of current effective treatments of migraine.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Clinic, Hospital Salengro, 59037 Lille, France. clucas@chru-lille.fr
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chaffaut
authors.forename: M-A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Artaz
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lantéri-Minet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics