Pnd30 Comorbidities, Economic and Humanistic Factors Associated With Migraine:a Propensity Score Analysis of National Survey Data

Direct Cost Burden Among Insured US Employees With Migraine

“…In a recent study by Gagne et al, compared with matched patients without migraine, patients with migraine reported higher lifetime rates of comorbidities such as arthritis, gastroesophageal reflux disease, depression, hypercholesterolemia, hypertension, and general anxiety, as well as more visits to health-care providers. 20 Interestingly, the comorbidity and psychiatric indexes in the present study were similar between postmatch migraine and control cohorts; however, the nonmigraine costs were still substantially higher in the migraine cohort.…”

“…Migraine is often underdiagnosed, undercoded, and comorbid with other conditions that may exacerbate migraine and increase costs; [2][3][4]20 in addition, many of the medications used for migraine management are nonspecific. This study provides a current estimate of the national direct health-care BOI of migraine, using a methodology that accounts for total health-care expenditures.…”

Predictability of Future Attacks by Migraineurs: A Prospective Observational Study

“…Annual indirect costs associated with missed work were estimated to be $12 billion in 2002‐03, although these estimates did not include additional costs of presenteeism 6 . In addition to lost productivity because of migraine, the health‐related quality of life of migraine sufferers is poorer than that of people without migraine and is affected not only by migraine attack but also by anxiety about migraine in between attacks 5,7,8 . Migraine affects work‐related, family‐related, and social livelihood, and results in overall disability for the sufferer 9 …”