2022
Frequency, Demographics, Comorbidities, and Health Care Utilization by Veterans With Migraine
Seng EK, Fenton BT, Wang K, Lipton RB, Ney J, Damush T, Grinberg AS, Skanderson M, Sico JJ. Frequency, Demographics, Comorbidities, and Health Care Utilization by Veterans With Migraine. Neurology 2022, 99: e1979-e1992. PMID: 36100439, PMCID: PMC9651466, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000200888.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVeterans Health AdministrationHealth care utilizationStudy periodCare utilizationHealth AdministrationOne-year period prevalenceOverweight/obesityMental health disordersChi-square testStudent's t-testMilitary sexual traumaAnnual encountersHeadache comorbidityPain comorbiditiesCohort entryCommon comorbiditiesPain disordersTotal cohortAnnual incidenceHealthcare utilizationHigher proportionPeriod prevalenceEmergency departmentMigraine carePrimary care
2016
Increase in migraine diagnoses and guideline-concordant treatment in veterans, 2004–2012
Altalib H, Fenton B, Sico J, Goulet J, Bathulapalli H, Mohammad A, Kulas J, Driscoll M, Dziura J, Mattocks K, Kerns R, Brandt C, Haskell S. Increase in migraine diagnoses and guideline-concordant treatment in veterans, 2004–2012. Cephalalgia 2016, 37: 3-10. PMID: 26950804, DOI: 10.1177/0333102416631959.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBurden of migraineMigraine diagnosisVeterans Health Administration electronic health recordsGuideline-concordant treatmentGuideline-concordant careMigraine-specific medicationsICD-9 codesChi-square testHealth care systemNumber of veteransElectronic health recordsTriptan prescriptionMigraine preventionGuideline adherenceMigraine medicationsComorbid conditionsNational health care systemMigraine headacheMedicationsMigraineTime-series studyLogistic regressionCare systemPreventive medicineHealth administrators