Table 7 HRQoL scores (mean and 95% CI) for males and females with recurrent headache, by headache frequency and severity
| Â | Headache frequency | Â | Headache severity | Â | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PedQL domain | Rarely | Few times month/some days | Most days/daily | p | Mild | Moderate | Severe | p |
Male (n = 568) | ||||||||
 Physical functioning | 77.0 (72.1, 82.0) | 71.5 (69.1, 74.0) | 64.3 (58.5, 70.0) | 0.005 | 71.7 (68.9, 74.6) | 71.9 (68.6, 75.3) | 71.5 (67.2, 75.7) | 0.99 |
 Emotional functioning | 66.9 (61.9, 72.0) | 62.1 (59.5, 64.7) | 50.5 (41.9, 59.2) | 0.008 | 61.9 (58.8, 65.1) | 61.7 (58.2, 65.2) | 61.7 (56.6, 66.8) | 0.99 |
 Social functioning | 76.2 (71.6, 80.8) | 72.3 (69.5, 75.1) | 59.0 (50.7, 67.3) | 0.002 | 72.7 (69.2, 76.2) | 70.7 (66.5, 74.9) | 71.4 (66.7, 76.0) | 0.76 |
 Psychosocial health summary | 69.2 (64.5, 74.0) | 64.7 (62.2, 67.2) | 54.2 (47.5, 60.9) | 0.002 | 64.5 (61.4, 67.5) | 64.0 (60.6, 67.4) | 65.2 (61.0, 69.4) | 0.87 |
 Total | 72.0 (67.5, 76.5) | 67.1 (64.8, 69.4) | 57.7 (51.6, 63.8) | 0.001 | 67.0 (64.3, 69.7) | 66.8 (63.7, 69.9) | 67.4 (63.5, 71.4) | 0.96 |
Female (n = 782) | ||||||||
 Physical functioning | 77.8 (75.0, 80.6) | 72.4 (70.4, 74.4) | 69.6 (63.0, 76.2) | 0.005 | 73.3 (71.1, 75.5) | 73.2 (70.5, 75.8) | 74.5 (70.3, 78.7) | 0.85 |
 Emotional functioning | 67.9 (64.7, 71.0) | 61.0 (58.8, 63.2) | 55.2 (49.8, 60.7) | < 0.001 | 63.1 (60.5, 65.7) | 60.0 (57.4, 62.6) | 64.9 (60.9, 69.0) | 0.06 |
 Social functioning | 80.3 (76.7, 83.9) | 73.8 (71.6, 76.0) | 70.7 (64.6, 76.8) | 0.005 | 75.1 (72.5, 77.7) | 73.8 (71.3, 76.3) | 78.0 (73.9,82.0) | 0.16 |
 Psychosocial health summary | 73.7 (70.7, 76.7) | 67.4 (65.5, 69.4) | 61.1 (56.7, 65.5) | < 0.001 | 68.8 (66.6, 71.1) | 66.9 (64.7, 69.1) | 71.1 (67.6, 74.5) | 0.09 |
 Total | 75.1 (72.4, 77.9) | 69.2 (67.4, 71.0) | 64.0 (59.7, 68.4) | < 0.001 | 70.4 (68.4, 72.4) | 69.1 (67.0, 71.2) | 72.3 (69.0, 75.4) | 0.23 |