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The aim of our study was to assess the attitudes of Greek primary care physicians toward treating migraine compared to other common neurological and general medical disorders. Methods: We surveyed 182 primary care physicians with the use of a 5-point questionnaire regarding their preference in treating ten common medical conditions, including migraine, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, upper respiratory tract infections, diabetes mellitus, lower back pain, dizziness, transient ischemic attack, diabetic peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia. Results: Overall, with regards to preference to treat, migraine scored very low (3.6 \u00b1 1.0), next to diabetic peripheral neuropathy (3.6 \u00b1 1.0), and third from the bottom to fibromyalgia (3.25 \u00b1 1.06). In contrast, physicians reported a much higher preference to treat hypertension (4.66 \u00b1 0.60) and hyperlipidemia (4.6 \u00b1 1.0). Conclusions: Our results indicate that Greek primary care physicians dislike treating migraines but also other neurological diseases. Topics for further investigation include the reasons for this dislike, any associations with poor patient satisfaction, treatment results, or both.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59040734","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,10]],"date-time":"2023-04-10T03:49:29Z","timestamp":1681098569000},"page":"734","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["A Survey of Greek Primary Care Physicians on Their Likeability in Treating Migraines and Other Common Diseases"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2715-7898","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michail","family":"Vikelis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Headache Clinic, Mediterraneo Hospital, 16673 Glyfada, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2131-7114","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andreas A.","family":"Argyriou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Neurology Department, Agios Andreas State General Hospital of Patras, 26332 Patras, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9557-8793","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Anastasia","family":"Antoniou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"2nd Department of Psychiatry, \u201cAttikon\u201d University General Hospital, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, 12462 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Konstantinos C.","family":"Spingos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Corfu Headache Clinic, 49131 Corfu, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Athanasios E.","family":"Skliros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hellenic Society for Primary Care Research and Continuing Education, 11528 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Bilias","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Greek Society of Migraine and Headache Patients, 11251 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Aikaterini","family":"Kouroudi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Greek Society of Migraine and Headache Patients, 11251 Athens, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9275-0076","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Emmanouil V.","family":"Dermitzakis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Euromedica General Clinic, 54645 Thessaloniki, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Efstathios A.","family":"Skliros","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Hellenic Society for Primary Care Research and Continuing Education, 11528 Athens, Greece"},{"name":"Nemea Health Center, 20500 Corinthia, Greece"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,4,9]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"e293","DOI":"10.1097\/j.pain.0000000000002275","article-title":"Global, regional, and national burden of migraine in 204 countries and territories, 1990 to 2019","volume":"163","author":"Safiri","year":"2022","journal-title":"Pain"},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"64","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.1992.03480010072027","article-title":"Prevalence of migraine headache in the United States. 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