An Epidemiological Study to Assess Migraine Prevalence in a Sample of Italian Population Presenting to Their GPs
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by S. Karger AG in European Neurology
- Vol. 43 (2), 102-106
- https://doi.org/10.1159/000008143
Abstract
This multicentre, observational, cross-sectional study was conducted to determine migraine prevalence in a sample of population presenting to their GPs. The study covered all the patients who visited the GPs practice, for any reason, on 5 consecutive days of 2 different weeks. A total of 71,588 patients were interviewed by 902 GPs. The prevalence of migraine in this sample was 11.6%.Keywords
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