Abstract
Background. - A pilot survey of 94 neurologists attending a continuing medical education meeting was performed to assess whether neurologists like to treat headaches and other common disorders and evaluate their personal prevalence of the disorders. Methods. - Physicians were asked to respond to the following statement using a 5-point Likert scale (from 1, strongly disagree to 5, strongly agree): "I like to treat patients with this disease or symptom." Results. - The response rate was 46% with a mean age of 52.5 years. The respondents liked to treat migraine (mean = 4.32) similarly to carpal tunnel syndrome and Parkinson's disease. Cluster headaches (mean = 3.90) are less liked than migraine similar to epilepsy and multiple sclerosis and respondents are neutral to treating chronic daily headaches (mean = 3.02) similarly to insomnia and low back pain. The lifetime prevalence of migraine among respondents is 48% with those with and without migraine comparably liking to treat migraineurs. Conclusions. - Neurologists like to treat migraine more than cluster headaches and are neutral in treating chronic daily headaches.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 1126-1129 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Headache |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 7 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1 2010 |
Keywords
- headaches
- likeability
- migraine
- neurologists
- physician-patient relationship
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Neurology