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Table 2 Assessment of Migraine-Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MSQ).(n=320)

From: Quality of life and its predictors among patients with migraine in Qassim region, Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

In the past 4 weeks

Mean ± SD

1.How often have migraines interfered with how well you dealt with family, friends, and others who are close to you?

4.29 ± 1.35

2.How often have migraines interfered with your leisure time activities, such as reading or exercising?

4.07 ± 1.44

3.How often have you had difficulty in performing work or daily activities because of migraine symptoms?

3.94 ± 1.50

4.How often did migraines keep you from getting as much done at work or at home?

4.07 ± 1.51

5.In the past 4 weeks, how often did migraines limit your ability to concentrate on work or daily activities?

4.03 ± 1.47

6.How often have migraines left you too tired to do work or daily activities?

4.02 ± 1.47

7.How often have migraines limited the number of days you have felt energetic?

4.01 ± 1.48

Role Function Restrictive (RR)*

67.7 ± 19.7

8.How often have you had to cancel work or daily activities because you had a migraine?

4.17 ± 1.45

9.How often did you need help in handling routine tasks such as everyday household chores, doing necessary business, shopping, or caring for others, when you had a migraine?

4.19 ± 1.41

10.How often did you have to stop work or daily activities to deal with migraine symptoms?

4.09 ± 1.42

11.How often were you not able to go to social activities such as parties, dinner with friends, because you had a migraine?

3.99 ± 1.54

Role-Function Preventive (RP) *

68.5 ± 20.6

12.How often have you felt fed up or frustrated because of your migraines?

4.05 ± 1.58

13.How often have you felt like you were a burden on others because of your migraines?

4.25 ± 1.56

14.How often have you been afraid of letting others down because of your migraines?

4.39 ± 1.50

Emotional Function (EF)*

70.6 ± 22.1

  1. *Total score of role function restrictive, role function preventive, and emotional function were rescaled from 0 to 100 scale such that higher scores indicate better quality of life