A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases

: Migraine is considered the most clinically important primary headache due to its high prevalence and significant burden. Although globally categorized as one of the leading causes of disability, it is still largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. Worldwide, migraine care is in most cases provided...

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Published in:	Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) Vol. 59; no. 4; p. 734
Main Authors:	Vikelis, Michail, Argyriou, Andreas A, Antoniou, Anastasia, Spingos, Konstantinos C, Skliros, Athanasios E, Bilias, Konstantinos, Kouroudi, Aikaterini, Dermitzakis, Emmanouil V, Skliros, Efstathios A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Switzerland MDPI AG 01-04-2023 MDPI
Subjects:	Care and treatment Chronic diseases Clinical medicine Diabetic Neuropathies Disease prevention Family physicians Fibromyalgia Greece Headaches Health care policy Health facilities Humans Hypertension - therapy Internal medicine likeability Medicine Mental health Methods Migraine Migraine Disorders - therapy Nausea neurological disorders Pain Patients Physicians (General practice) Physicians, Primary Care Practice Primary care primary care physicians Primary health care Questionnaires Surveys Surveys and Questionnaires Vomiting Greece United States > US migraine likeability primary care physicians neurological disorders
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Summary:	: Migraine is considered the most clinically important primary headache due to its high prevalence and significant burden. Although globally categorized as one of the leading causes of disability, it is still largely underdiagnosed and undertreated. Worldwide, migraine care is in most cases provided by primary care physicians. The aim of our study was to assess the attitudes of Greek primary care physicians toward treating migraine compared to other common neurological and general medical disorders. : We surveyed 182 primary care physicians with the use of a 5-point questionnaire regarding their preference in treating ten common medical conditions, including migraine, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, upper respiratory tract infections, diabetes mellitus, lower back pain, dizziness, transient ischemic attack, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia. : Overall, with regards to preference to treat, migraine scored very low (3.6 ± 1.0), next to diabetic peripheral neuropathy (3.6 ± 1.0), and third from the bottom to fibromyalgia (3.25 ± 1.06). In contrast, physicians reported a much higher preference to treat hypertension (4.66 ± 0.60) and hyperlipidemia (4.6 ± 1.0). : Our results indicate that Greek primary care physicians dislike treating migraines but also other neurological diseases. Topics for further investigation include the reasons for this dislike, any associations with poor patient satisfaction, treatment results, or both.
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ISSN:	1648-9144 1010-660X 1648-9144
DOI:	10.3390/medicina59040734