Use of outpatient medical care by headache patients in Germany: a population-based cross-sectional study

The Journal of Headache and Pain - Tập 21 - Trang 1-10 - 2020
Britta Müller1, Thomas Dresler2,3, Charly Gaul4, Tim Jürgens5, Peter Kropp1, Anna Rehfeld1, Olaf Reis6, Ruth Ruscheweyh7, Andreas Straube7, Stefanie Förderreuther7
1Institute of Medical Psychology and Medical Sociology, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
2Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
3LEAD Graduate School & Research Network, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
4Migraine and Headache Clinic Königstein, Königstein, Germany
5Department of Neurology, University Medicine Center Rostock, Rostock, Germany
6Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Medicine Rostock, Rostock, Germany
7Department of Neurology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, Germany

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Headache sufferers in need of professional health care often do not utilize the care available, and factors influencing headache-specific physician consultation are not yet understood. Objectives of this study are (1) to assess self-reported headache-specific physician consultations and (2) to identify headache-related and sociodemographic predictors. Data of a random sample of the general population in Germany aged ≥14 years were analyzed (N = 2461). A multivariate binary logistic regression was conducted to identify a parsimonious model to predict physician consultation. 50.7% of the participants with headache reported at least one headache-specific physician consultation during lifetime. Of these, 53.6% had seen one, 26.1% two, and 20.3% more than two physicians because of their headaches. The odds of physician consultation increased with the number of headache days per month (HDM) [(reference HDM < 1) HDM 1–3 (OR = 2.29), HDM 4–14 (OR = 2.41), and HDM ≥15 (OR = 4.83)] and increasing Headache Impact Test score (HIT-6) [(reference “no or little impact”) moderate impact (OR = 1.74), substantial impact (OR = 3.01), and severe impact (OR = 5.08)]. Middle-aged participants were more likely to have consulted than younger and older ones [(reference 14–34 years) 35–54 years (OR = 1.90), 55–74 years (OR = 1.96), ≥75 years (OR = 1.02)]. The odds of physician consultation among self-employed subjects were lower than among employed manual workers (OR = 0.48). The living environment (rural versus urban) did not have an influence on the consultation frequency. The results indicate that apart from burden-related factors (headache frequency; headache impact), health care utilization patterns are also influenced by patients’ occupational status and age. Further research is needed to analyze whether the lower consultation rate means that the self-employed have a higher risk of chronification or that they have more effective self-management strategies regarding headache.

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