Quality of Life and Productivity in Nurses Reporting Migraine

Abstract

A random sample survey was conducted to determine the prevalence of migraine in nurses and to study its effect on quality of life and productivity. Of the 10,000 nurses sampled, 2949 returned the questionnaire for a response rate of 29.5% The majority (99%) of respondents were employed and worked in hospitals (60%). According to the International Headache Society (IHS) criteria, 17% of the sample (n=495) were classified as having migraine. An additional 25% (n = 750) suffered severe headaches but did not meet IHS criteria for migraine, and the remaining 58% (n = 1704) were classified as not having either migraine or severe headaches. The migraineurs had significantly reduced work productivity and quality of life compared to both the severe headache and the nonmigraine nonsevere headache groups. This study will increase awareness and sensitivity of the profession to its colleagues who are migraine sufferers.

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“…Therefore, we focused on these factors, and the conditions of testing were kept uniform. It is well known that migraine patients experience difficulties in the activities of daily living and social activities [24,25]. However, we could find no difference in the scores of GHQ-28, AIS and ESS.…”

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“…43,44 Several of the publications that met the inclusion criteria for this review of workplace productivity also described results from quality-of-life questionnaires. 13,14,18,19,21,23,26,28,35 The current study focuses on the impact of migraine and migraine treatment on worker productivity, a topic of interest to employers, health care decision makers, physicians, and patients. Worker productivity is 1 component of the overall impact of migraine.…”

“…5,17,20,27,30,[32][33][34][35] In these articles, individuals were asked to estimate the impact of migraine on their work productivity. In 6 of the 9 studies on burden of migraine, all participants had a diagnosis of migraine.…”

“…In 6 of the 9 studies on burden of migraine, all participants had a diagnosis of migraine. 5,17,27,32,34,35 Durham et al 35 limited migraineurs to those who experienced a migraine within 4 weeks of completing the survey.…”

“…33 Four of the 9 studies on burden of migraine reported the mean cost of lost workplace productivity. 5,17,20,35 Stang and Osterhaus 5 calculated a national estimate of the cost and number of days of restricted activity due to migraine. Other studies estimated the mean number of hours of work lost per attack (8.2 hours), 27 the mean number of hours lost per year (88 hours), 34 the mean number of days of work lost per year (4.4 days), 32 and the median number of days of work lost per year (4 days).…”