Self-reported headache among the employees of a Swiss university hospital: prevalence, disability, current treatment, and economic impact

The Journal of Headache and Pain

Research Article

Franz Riederer¹  Peter Stefan Sándor²  Emina Sokolovic³  Thomas Szucs⁴  Reto Agosti⁵ 

[1] Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland;Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091, Zurich, Switzerland;Baden Daettwil and RehaClinic (Zurzach, Baden, Braunwald, Glarus), Kantonsspital Baden, CH-5405, Baden, Switzerland;Gilead Sciences Switzerland Sarl, Turmstrasse 28, CH-6300, Zug, Switzerland;Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University Zurich, Gloriastrasse 18a, CH-8091, Zürich, Switzerland;Kopfwehzentrum Hirslanden Zürich, Forchstrasse 424, CH-8702, Zollikon, Switzerland;

关键词: Migraine;    Indirect Cost;    Canadian Dollar;    Medication Overuse Headache;    Swiss Franc;   

DOI  :  10.1186/1129-2377-14-29

 received in 2012-12-17, accepted in 2012-12-17,  发布年份 2013

来源: Springer

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe objectives of this cross-sectional, observational study were to determine the prevalence of self-reported headache among the employees of the large Swiss university hospital, to measure the impact of headache using the MIDAS questionnaire, to assess current treatment and to estimate economic burden of headache considering indirect costs.MethodsA self-administered questionnaire was distributed internally to 2000 randomly selected employees of the University Hospital Zurich.Results1210 employees (60.5%) responded. Of the 1192 (98.5%) employees who provided sufficiently complete information, 723 (61%) reported at least one headache type in the last three months. The prevalence of migraine, and tension-type headache was 20% and 50%, respectively. Regarding the occupational groups, there was a trend that healthcare staff, administration employees, and medical technicians suffered more from headaches than physicians, correcting for age and sex. The economic consequences of lost productivity were calculated to amount to approximately 14 million Swiss Francs (9.5 million EUR), representing 3.2% of the overall annual expenditure of the hospital for personnel.ConclusionHeadache is highly prevalent among university hospital employees, with significant economic impact.

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© Sokolovic et al.; licensee Springer. 2013. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.