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ReviewThe journal of headache and pain2008

Impact of headache in Europe: a review for the Eurolight project.

Lars Jacob Stovner, Colette Andrée, Eurolight Steering Committee

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In one paragraph

Review in The journal of headache and pain, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02270177 (Patients' Satisfaction With Telemedicine Versus Traditional Specialist Consultation for Headache. An Open-labeled Randomized Non-inferiority Study Among Patients With Headache Referred to a Neurologic Outpatient Clinic), which is not on this map. Cited by 51 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
51citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02270177 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2012, after this paper: background citation

Patients' Satisfaction With Telemedicine Versus Traditional Specialist Consultation for Headache. An Open-labeled Randomized Non-inferiority Study Among Patients With Headache Referred to a Neurologic Outpatient Clinic

TypeinterventionalSponsorUniversity Hospital of North NorwayRan2012 to 2016Enrolled402ConditionsHeadachesArmsTelemedicine, videoconsultation
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

51 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 152 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Shift work and migraine: A systematic review.Journal of occupational health · 2020
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  2. The first interim analysis of Italian patients enrolled in the real-world, Pan-European, prospective, observational, phase 4 PEARL study of fremanezumab effectiveness.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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  9. Building bridges in migraine management: consensus pathways on best practices across primary and specialist care in Italy.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  15. Rimegepant for the treatment of migraine.Health psychology research · 2022
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  16. Cluster Headache and the Comprehension Paradox.SN comprehensive clinical medicine · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Lars Jacob StovnerNorwegian National Headache Centre, Department of Neuroscience, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway. lars.stovner@ntnu.no
Colette Andrée
Eurolight Steering Committee
Laboratoire National de Santé · LUNorwegian University of Science and Technology · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A recent health economic survey in Europe has suggested that migraine is the costliest among the neurological disorders. According to many studies, migraine and other disorders lead to widespread suffering, reduction of quality of life, and marked impairment of participation, both in work and social activities. The present literature survey was made in order to summarize what is known on the subject, as a preparation for a EU-supported study to assess the impact in several EU countries with similar methodology and the same research instrument. Previous studies have yielded relatively reliable data only for migraine, whereas the impact of tension-type headache is virtually unknown or only very incompletely known for most dimensions of headache impact. Some data do suggest, however, that this headache may be as important from a health economic and a public health perspective as migraine. In future studies it is important to get population-based data from various countries relevant for estimation of indirect (mostly absenteeism from work and reduced working efficiency when having headache) and direct costs (related to medication, consultations, investigations and hospitalisations). Also, the impact on ability to get education and participate in the workforce is very relevant, as is the impact on love life and family planning. The quality of life of headache patients should be measured by validated instruments. To get a complete picture, one should also ask about the effect on the life of partners and children, and on the possible impact even when headache-free (e.g. fear of the next attack).

Indexed as

Costs and Cost AnalysisEuropeFamily HealthHeadacheHealth Care CostsHumansMigraine DisordersQuality of Life

Identifiers

PMID18418547
PMCPMC2386850
OpenAlexW2015650886

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