Migraine in the Corporate Sector: Prevalence, Risk Factors, Job Efficiency Impact, and Management Strategies

28 June 2026 : Clinical Research

Azra Batool^{ABCDE 1}, Adeel Aslam

^{ABCDEF 2}, Shazia Jamshed

^{ACDEF 3}, Mudassar Iqbal Arain^{ACDEF 4}, Adel Bashatah

^{CDEFG 5*}, Ayesha Iqbal^{CDEFG 6,7}, Wajid Syed

^{CDEFG 8}, Naji Alqahtani^{CDEFG 5}, Kholoud Alharbi

^{CDEFG 5}, Saeed Asiri

^{CDEFG 5}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.951082

Med Sci Monit 2026; 32:e951082

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Table 6 Comparison of means between dependent and independent variables.

Demographic variable	Prevalence of migraine		Risk factors		Job efficiency impact		Management of migraine		Overall burden
Demographic variable	Mean (+SD)	P value	Mean (+SD)	P value	Mean (+SD)	P value	Mean (+SD)	P value	Mean (+SD)	P value
Gender
Male	18.2±5.4		22.1±7.1	0.058	16.5±7.0		18.3±6.6	0.082	61.5±12.4
Female	19.7±5.7		23.6±7.5	0.058	17.9±6.8		19.2±6.9	0.082	63.8±13.2
Age (in years)
18–25	17.8±5.2	0.035	21.9±7.3	0.064	15.9±6.5		17.1±6.2	0.054	60.1±12.8
26–35	19.3±5.8		23.2±7.8		17.6±6.9		19.3±6.8		63.8±13.5
36–45	21.1±6.1		24.7±7.6		18.5±7.0		20.2±7.4		65.7±14.1
46 and above	20.9±5.9		24.1±7.9		19.0±6.7		18.5±7.2		64.0±13.7
Marital status
Unmarried	18.5±5.6	0.052	22.8±7.4	0.078	16.9±6.9	0.068	18.5±6.7	0.071	62.3±13.0	0.065
Married	19.9±5.9		23.4±7.7		18.1±7.0		19.6±6.9		64.1±13.5
Divorced	20.2±6.0		24.3±7.8		19.0±7.1		20.2±7.4		65.3±14.0
Widowed	20.0±5.9		23.9±7.9		18.7±6.8		19.0±7.3		64.8±13.6
Income (PKR)
Below 18 000	17.9±5.5		21.8±7.1	0.092	16.4±6.8		17.5±6.4	0.069	61.2±12.9
18 001–36 000	19.2±5.8		23.5±7.5		17.8±6.9		19.2±6.9		63.9±13.4
36 001–50 000	20.1±6.0		24.1±7.7		18.5±7.0		19.8±7.1		64.5±14.0
Above 50 000	20.5±5.9		24.4±7.8		19.2±7.2		20.0±7.3		65.0±13.8

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