NUMBER OF QUESTIONNAIRES RECEIVED IN SURVEY I: 1634
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, The Netherlands,
Serbia, Spain, Sweden, UK
NUMBER OF QUESTIONNAIRES RECEIVED IN SURVEY I: 1935
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: France, Ireland, Finland, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Serbia, Spain,
Sweden, The Netherlands, UK
Sex distribution of responders to both surveys
Total N.
Survey I
Survey II
1634
1935
Women
%
83.8
81.8
Men
%
16.2
18.2
Diagnoses reported by responders
Migraine
N
1112
1345
Survey I
Survey II
%
67.9
69.5
Tension-type
headache
N
%
326
20.1
346
17.9
Cluster
Headache
N
%
98
6.0
142
7.3
Other
headaches
N
%
98
6.0
102
5.3
Health professional figures consulted by the responders
Survey I
Survey II
Total N. of
subjects who
consulted a health
professional
1045
1179
General
Neurologist
practitioner
Headache
Specialist
Pharmacist
Other
N
387
389
N
84
212
N
63
12
N
198
94
%
37
33
N
313
472
%
30
40
Satisfaction with the management of headache
Total N.
Survey I
Survey II
1634
1935
Satisfied
%
41
52
Not satisfied
%
59
48
%
8
18
%
6
1
%
19
8
Top four reasons for not beeing satisfied with the management of headache (possible multiple
choices)
Survey I
Survey II
Total N. of
subjects who
were not
saitsfied with
management
964
929
Ineffectiveness
of drugs
N
540
401
Difficulty
in getting
to a headache
specialist
N
%
%
56.0 291
30.2
43.2 201
21.7
Difficulty in
having a followup appointment
close in time
N
%
142
14.7
129
13.9
Insufficient
explanations
N
137
154
%)
14.2
16.6