OBJECTIVES: To estimate the LoP costs and QoL associated with highly consultative migraine adult patients in an HMO in Colombia

METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study that integrated data from electronic health records and a probabilistic telephone survey of highly consultative migraine patients’ who received medical attention with an HMO in Colombia. High consultation is defined as two or more migraine-related diagnoses (ICD-10th code: G43) visits to health services in 2022. To estimate the loss of productivity the HALT-90 index was used and to measure the QoL the WHOQoL-BREF was applied. The sampling method corresponded to one-stage probability sampling without replacement. The exchange rate used was COP 3,845.22= 1 USD. The cost of LoP was estimated multiplying the absenteeism and preseentism days per the daily income.

RESULTS: The expanded results represent a total of 3,762 highly consultative migraine adult patients at the HMO which derived from the 504 random sample. Most highly consultative migraine adult patients were female (89.9%, CI95% 87.2%- 92.5%), middle-aged (37.7 years, CI95% 36.6-38.9), and 60.3% were workers.

CONCLUSIONS: Most highly consultative migraine adult patients at the HMO were middle aged female workers. This population is associated to severe headache impact, with substantial incidence on productivity losses and quality of life.