Functioning of Women with Migraine Headaches

Table 2

Differences between MSQ assessment and demographic and clinical variables.

Demographic and clinical factors	𝑁=125 (%)	MSQ
		RR mean score	RP mean score	EF mean score
Age
to 25	16 (12.8%)	53.7	61.6	62.1^a
25–35	49 (39.2%)	56.8	59.3	62.4^a
35–45	29 (23.2%)	56.1	57.9	63.4^a
45–55	25 (20.0%)	52.9	51.8	51.7^a
over 55	6 (4.8%)	50.0	64.1	83.3^b
Kruskal-Wallis test (𝐻=4)		1.95	3.33	9.49
Significance level		0.0745	0.5045	0.0206
Education
Primary	3 (2.4%)	52.4^a,b	56.6	44.4^a
Vocational	22 (17.6%)	64.2^b	58.2	63.9^b
High school	39 (31.2%)	51.1^a	56.8	62.1^b
University	61 (48.8%)	54.6^a,b	58.8	61.1^b
Kruskal-Wallis test (𝐻=3)		10.68	0.52	8.53
Significance level		0.0136	0.9136	0.0363
Marital status
In a relationship	87 (69.6%)	55.9	59.1	60.9
Single	38 (30.4%)	53.2	55.6	62.6
𝑈 Mann-Whitney test		1384.00	1096.50	5720.50
Significance level		0.1489	0.0028	0.1968
Pain frequency
Chronic	𝑁=39	50.7	58.3	56.1
Episodic	𝑁=86	58.3	69.9	65.7
𝑈 Mann-Whitney test		1276.5	1126.0	1188.5
Significance level		𝑃=𝟎.𝟎𝟑𝟐𝟖	𝑃=𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟑𝟐	𝑃=𝟎.𝟎𝟎𝟖𝟗
Pain severity VAS
1–4	𝑁=17 (13.6)	59.2	71.7	63.1
5–7	𝑁=62 (49.6)	58.9	67.3	61.6
8–10	𝑁=46 (36.8)	50.7	62.9	64.1
Kruskal-Wallis test (𝐻=2)		13.3	6.3	6.17
Significance level		𝑃=0.1252	𝑃=0.6777	𝑃=0.8613
Duration
To 5 hours	𝑁=34	55.5	60.1	62.7
Whole day	𝑁=42	53.7	54.4	59.7
24–48 hours	𝑁=30	56.2	57.5	60.7
Over 48 hours	𝑁=19	55.7	63.2	64.6
Kruskal-Wallis test (𝐻=3)		3.36	1.24	0.71
Significance level		𝑃=0.3388	𝑃=0.7444	𝑃=0.8714

a,bGroups marked with the same letters do not statistically significantly differ.