Quality of Life and Migraine Disability among Female Migraine Patients in a Tertiary Hospital in Malaysia

Table 3

Disability among female migraine patients.

Variable	Mean (SD)		statistic (df)	value^*
	Group A ( = 27)	Group B ( = 73)
Age (years)	28.2 (11.4)	27.9 (9.1)	0.15 (98)	0.884
Duration of education (years)	13.2 (2.4)	13.6 (2.8)	−0.70 (98)	0.485
Migraine Disability Assessment Score	5.2 (3.5)	33.7 (25.9)	−5.68 (98)	<0.001
Total number of days with headache	3.6 (2.7)	13.8 (10.7)	−4.83 (98)	<0.001
Pain scale score	6.4 (2.2)	7.4 (1.6)	−2.53 (98)	0.013

Notes: ^*independent -test.
Group A comprised patients with either grade I or grade II migraine based on MIDAS questionnaire who require only over-the-counter analgesics to reduce migraine disability.
Group B included patients from grade III or IV who required migraine-specific treatments.