BMC Neurology (Nov 2022)

Results of a Web-based survey of 2105 Greek migraine patients in 2020: demographics, clinical characteristics, burden and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the course of migraine

  • Emmanouil V. Dermitzakis,
  • Aikaterini Kouroudi,
  • Andreas A. Argyriou,
  • Konstantinos C. Spingos,
  • Konstantinos Bilias,
  • Michail Vikelis

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12883-022-02968-9
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Abstract The Greek Society of Migraine and Headache Patients (GSMHP), maintaining a strong commitment to research and information, conducted its second web-based online survey named "Migraine in Greece—2020", following its first one conducted in 2018. The 2020 study included 2,105 migraine patients who were called to answer 151 questions. The purposes of the current research were to record the demographic and clinical characteristics of migraine patients in Greece, including the severity and effects of migraine on respondents' quality of life, as well as to survey the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on the course of migraine. Our population, internet-based study provides data that will hopefully contribute to better comprehend the clinical phenotype and course of migraine during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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