title: Higher burden of migraine compared to other neurological conditions: results from a cross-sectional study.
abstract: Headache disorders are prevalent, burdensome and costly. However, it is difficult to get an idea of how much of a burden do they cause if they are not compared with other conditions. Using data from PARADISE project, we compared 80 migraineurs and 80 patients similar for age, gender and work condition. Our results showed that the amount of psycho-social difficulties was higher among patients with migraine than among patients with epilepsy, stroke, multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease.
authors.affiliation: Neurology, Public Health and Disability Unit, Neurological Institute C. Besta IRCCS Foundation, Via Celoria 11, 20133, Milan, Italy, leonardi@istituto-besta.it.
authors.forename: Matilde
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leonardi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017281:Cost of Illness; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D020325:Migraine with Aura / Q000523:psychology*; D020326:Migraine without Aura / Q000523:psychology*; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000523:psychology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000523:psychology*