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Materials and Methods: A convenience sample of 242 Italian OP (mean age 47.8 \u00b1 8.8 years, males 67.4%) participated in an internet-based survey by completing a structured questionnaire. Results: Adequate general knowledge of migraine was found in the majority of participants. Migraine was identified as a common and severe disorder by the majority of respondents (54.0% and 60.0%). Overall, 61.2% of participants acknowledged migraine as difficult to manage in the workplace, a status that made it more likely for OP understanding its potential frequency (Odds Ratio [OR] 3.672, 95% confidence interval [95%CI] 1.526\u20138.831), or reported previous managing of complicated cases requiring conditional fitness to work judgement (OR 4.761, 95%CI 1.781\u20132.726). Moreover, professionals with a qualification in occupational medicine (OR 20.326, 95%CI 2.642\u2013156.358), acknowledging the difficult managing of migraine in the workplaces (OR 2.715, 95%CI 1.034\u20137.128) and having received any request of medical surveillance for migraine (OR 22.878, 95%CI 4.816\u2013108.683), were more likely to recommend specific requirements for migraineur workers. Conclusions: Migraine was recognized as a common disorder, but also as a challenging clinical problem for OP. Participating OP exhibited a substantial understanding of migraine and its triggers, but residual false beliefs and common misunderstanding may impair the proper management of this disorder, requiring improved and specifically targeted interventions.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina58050686","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,5,23]],"date-time":"2022-05-23T02:57:02Z","timestamp":1653274622000},"page":"686","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":14,"title":["Managing of Migraine in the Workplaces: Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Italian Occupational Physicians"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"58","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-6525-2159","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Matteo","family":"Ricc\u00f2","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Servizio di Prevenzione e Sicurezza Negli Ambienti di Lavoro (SPSAL), AUSL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Via Amendola n.2, I-42122 Reggio Emilia, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-9149-1647","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pietro","family":"Ferraro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Occupational Medicine Unit, Direzione Sanit\u00e0, Italian Railways\u2019 Infrastructure Division, RFI SpA, I-00161 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vincenzo","family":"Camisa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Health Directorate, Occupational Medicine Unit, Bambino Ges\u00f9 Children\u2019s Hospital IRCCS, I-00146 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pasquale","family":"Di Palma","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Istituto nazionale Assicurazione Infortuni sul Lavoro, INAIL\u2014DM2, Roma Tuscolano, Via Michele de Marco, 20, I-00169 Rome, Italy"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Giuseppa","family":"Minutolo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Health Promotion Sciences Maternal and Infant Care, Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties \u201cG. 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