Treatment patterns and characteristics of patients with migraine: results from a retrospective database study in Japan.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical characteristics and treatment practice of patients with migraine in Japan in real-world setting have not been fully investigated. We conducted a retrospective cohort study using claims database to understand the clinical practice of migraine in recent years and to characterize patients potentially not managed well by current treatment options.

Methods

Our study used data from the large claims database maintained by JMDC Inc. Patients with diagnosis of headache or migraine between January 1, 2018, and July 31, 2022, were defined as the headache cohort, and those with migraine diagnosis and prescription of migraine treatments among the headache cohort were included in the migraine cohort. In the headache cohort, characteristics of medical facilities and sta

SUBMITTER: Takizawa T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10854051 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature