Table 3

Consultations, work absence and satisfaction by patient group.

	Headache consulters			Referred to neurologist
	n	mean	SD	n	mean	SD	Mean difference (95% CI)^a	P-value^a

Number of headache consultations
3 months before	254	0.36	0.78	47	0.91	1.16	0.54 (0.18 to 0.90)	0.003
3 months after	254	0.48	0.86	47	0.89	1.52	0.43 (−0.03 to 0.88)	0.066
6 months (3 months before/3 months after)	254	0.84	0.84	47	1.81	2.36	0.97 (0.25 to 1.69)	0.008

Number of consultations for all causes
3 months before	254	1.70	1.75	47	2.32	2.22	0.72 (0.04 to 1.40)	0.037
3 months after	254	1.89	1.63	47	2.53	3.01	0.71 (−0.20 to 1.63)	0.127
6 months (3 months before/3 months after)	254	3.59	2.73	47	4.85	4.73	1.43 (−0.01 to 2.87)	0.052

Number of days absent from work
In last 3 months	227	2.88	7.47	37	3.73	9.52	0.85 (−1.43 to 3.93)	0.560

Satisfaction with treatment from GP	240	3.55	1.05	44	3.50	1.15	–0.07 (−0.46 to 0.33)	0.740

↵a Estimates adjusted for age and sex; CIs and P-values adjusted for clustering by GP.