Data on prescribed medication were taken from the trial publication and a weighted average of concomitant medications (excluding eplerenone) calculated to account for medication resource usage.
Secondary outcomes are patients' and caregivers' quality of life, mood and satisfaction with treatment; the caregiver's sense of competence, caregiver's diary (medication, resource utilisation, time of informal care); and the incidence of long-term institutionalisation. Process evaluation is performed by questionnaires and focus group discussion.
If you'd rather not look online, you can purchase a pill identifying resource book from a bookstore or check out a medication resource book from the library.
Besides physician visits and outpatient medications, resources associated with severe exacerbations also included hospital admissions and visits to the emergency room (ER) department.
The weekly pain diary consisted of 10 standardized, closed questions covering pain intensity and frequency, use of medical resources (pain medication, visits to the general practitioner, physiotherapist and other therapists), absence from work, reduced productivity at work, and reduced abilities in leisure activities.
Table 3 presents data on headache-related medical resources (excluding medications) used by the study participants in the past 3 months and Fig. 1 presents the annualized mean total healthcare costs per patient by migraine group and country.
Number of headache attacks, duration of pain, pain intensity on visual analog scale, use of medication and resources were recorded through headache diary at 4 weeks run-in-period (baseline), at week 17 post interventions, and end of follow up at week 29.
A quarter were experienced by the healthcare system, through waste of money, medication and resources and increased utilisation of healthcare.
With poor conditions, lack of necessary equipment, medication and resources, and with lack of basic knowledge, the health system in Addis Ababa cannot start re-organization without help.
There are also associated economic implications such as increased medication costs, resources used including hospital admissions, inadequate use of healthcare professionals' time, and increased sickness-related work absence [ 7].
