Epidemiology and determinants of chronic migraine: A real-world cohort study, with nested case-control analysis, in primary care in Italy.

Ettore MarconiSerena PecchioliMihaela NicaDelia ColomboFrancesco MazzoleniFrancesco De CesarisPierangelo GeppettiClaudio CricelliFrancesco Lapi

Published in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2019)

Our findings show that prevalence and incidence rate of chronic migraine are underestimated when compared with current literature. On the other hand, we found acceptable correctness of chronic migraine definition in the light of the association with well-known determinants.

Keyphrases

case control
primary care
risk factors
systematic review
drug induced
general practice
data analysis