Burden and costs of migraine in a Swedish defined patient population - a questionnaire-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Migraine is a disabling, chronic neurological disease leading to severe headache episodes affecting 13.2% of the Swedish population. Migraine leads to an extensive socio-economic burden in terms of healthcare costs, reduced workforce and quality of life (QoL) but studies of the health-economic consequences in a Swedish context are lacking. The objective of this study is to map the health-economic consequences of migraine in a defined patient population in terms of healthcare consumption, production loss and QoL in Sweden.

Methods

The study is based on data from a web-based survey to members in the Swedish patients' association suffering from migraine. The survey was conducted in May 2018 and included people with migraine aged 18 years or older. The survey included

SUBMITTER: Hjalte F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6734313 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature