Table 1

Proportions (%) of answers to questions on sex life issues to migraine patients in the years 1998 and 2003.


Women (N = 2358)
Men (N = 619)




1998
2003
change
1998
2003
Change

Importance of sex life






     not important
7.9
12.5
4.6
4.7
6.0
1.3
     fairly important
42.3
44.8
2.5
25.6
28.1
2.5
     very important
49.9
42.7
-7.2
69.7
65.9
-3.8
Satisfaction with sex life






     not satisfied
11.8
15.6
3.8
15.2
15.7
0.5
     fairly satisfied
39.3
40.6
1.3
38.0
43.9
5.9
     very satisfied
48.9
43.8
-5.1
46.8
40.5
-6.3
Interest in sex life






     No recent change
62.1
53.8
-8.3
74.8
66.3
-8.5

Sumanen et al. BMC Family Practice 2008 9:19   doi:10.1186/1471-2296-9-19