A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases
<i>Background and objectives</i>: 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. Worldw...
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| author | Michail Vikelis Andreas A. Argyriou Anastasia Antoniou Konstantinos C. Spingos Athanasios E. Skliros Konstantinos Bilias Aikaterini Kouroudi Emmanouil V. Dermitzakis Efstathios A. Skliros |
| author_facet | Michail Vikelis Andreas A. Argyriou Anastasia Antoniou Konstantinos C. Spingos Athanasios E. Skliros Konstantinos Bilias Aikaterini Kouroudi Emmanouil V. Dermitzakis Efstathios A. Skliros |
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| description | <i>Background and objectives</i>: 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. <i>Methods</i>: 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. <i>Results</i>: 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). <i>Conclusions</i>: 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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| spelling | doaj.art-a36d14df24034cad935b0f37a47453002023-11-17T20:21:16ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442023-04-0159473410.3390/medicina59040734A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common DiseasesMichail Vikelis0Andreas A. Argyriou1Anastasia Antoniou2Konstantinos C. Spingos3Athanasios E. Skliros4Konstantinos Bilias5Aikaterini Kouroudi6Emmanouil V. Dermitzakis7Efstathios A. Skliros8Headache Clinic, Mediterraneo Hospital, 16673 Glyfada, GreeceNeurology Department, Agios Andreas State General Hospital of Patras, 26332 Patras, Greece2nd Department of Psychiatry, “Attikon” University General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, GreeceCorfu Headache Clinic, 49131 Corfu, GreeceHellenic Society for Primary Care Research and Continuing Education, 11528 Athens, GreeceGreek Society of Migraine and Headache Patients, 11251 Athens, GreeceGreek Society of Migraine and Headache Patients, 11251 Athens, GreeceEuromedica General Clinic, 54645 Thessaloniki, GreeceHellenic Society for Primary Care Research and Continuing Education, 11528 Athens, Greece<i>Background and objectives</i>: 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. <i>Methods</i>: 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. <i>Results</i>: 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). <i>Conclusions</i>: 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.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/4/734primary care physiciansmigraineneurological disorderslikeability |
| spellingShingle | Michail Vikelis Andreas A. Argyriou Anastasia Antoniou Konstantinos C. Spingos Athanasios E. Skliros Konstantinos Bilias Aikaterini Kouroudi Emmanouil V. Dermitzakis Efstathios A. Skliros A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases Medicina primary care physicians migraine neurological disorders likeability |
| title | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
| title_full | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
| title_fullStr | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
| title_short | A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases |
| title_sort | survey of greek primary care physicians on their likeability in treating migraines and other common diseases |
| topic | primary care physicians migraine neurological disorders likeability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/4/734 |
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