Table 3

Neurological examination results, management and outcome. N=287

Variablesn(%)
Patient with any neurological deficit at presentation
 Yes8(2.8)
 No279(97.2)
Time spent prior to consultation at BUTH
 Days7(2.4)
 Months59(20.6)
 Years221(77.0)
Time (years) spent prior to consultation (N=221)
 1-4 years127/221(57.5)
 5-9 years56/221(25.3)
 10-1422/221(10.0)
 15 and above16/221(7.2)
Was the patient treated prior to consultation?
 Yes150(52.2)
 No57(19.9)
 No data80(27.9)
Maintenance pharmacological treatment used?
 Yes230(80.1)
 Non57(19.9)
3-month period outcome
 Better21(7.3)
*Reduced Symptomatology58(20.2)
 Status quo53(18.5)
 Lost155(54.0)
  • * involving one, 2 or all of these following modalities: severity, frequency and duration of headache