ReviewThe journal of headache and pain2012
Quality in the provision of headache care. 2: defining quality and its indicators.
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- The Global Campaign turns 18: a brief review of its activities and achievements.The journal of headache and pain · 2022Review
- Exploring multidimensional characteristics in cervicogenic headache: Relations between pain processing, lifestyle, and psychosocial factors.Brain and behavior · 2021Article
- Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache. 3. Modelling effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of implementation in Europe: findings and conclusions.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Article
- Structured headache services as the solution to the ill-health burden of headache: 1. Rationale and descriptionThe journal of headache and pain · 2021Article
- Headache service quality evaluation: implementation of quality indicators in primary care in Europe.The journal of headache and pain · 2021Article
- Proposal of a clinical care pathway for quality and safe management of headache patients: a consensus study report.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Quality assurance in specialized headache units in Spain: an observational prospective study.The journal of headache and pain · 2019Observational
- Headache service quality: the role of specialized headache centres within structured headache services, and suggested standards and criteria as centres of excellence.The journal of headache and pain · 2019Review
- Impact of pain and postoperative complications on patient-reported outcome measures 5 years after microvascular decompression or partial sensory rhizotomy for trigeminal neuralgia.Acta neurochirurgica · 2018Article
- Quality indicators in headache care: an implementation study in six Italian specialist-care centres.The journal of headache and pain · 2017Article
- Headache service quality: evaluation of quality indicators in 14 specialist-care centres.The journal of headache and pain · 2016Article
- Cost-effectiveness analysis of interventions for migraine in four low- and middle-income countries.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
- Evaluation of headache service quality indicators: pilot implementation in two specialist-care centres.The journal of headache and pain · 2015Article
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Abstract
The objective of this study was to define "quality" of headache care, and develop indicators that are applicable in different settings and cultures and to all types of headache. No definition of quality of headache care has been formulated. Two sets of quality indicators, proposed in the US and UK, are limited to their localities and/or specific to migraine and their development received no input from people with headache. We first undertook a literature review. Then we conducted a series of focus-group consultations with key stakeholders (doctors, nurses and patients) in headache care. From the findings we proposed a large number of putative quality indicators, and refined these and reduced their number in consultations with larger international groups of stakeholder representatives. We formulated a definition of quality from the quality indicators. Five main themes were identified: (1) headache services; (2) health professionals; (3) patients; (4) financial resources; (5) political agenda and legislation. An initial list of 160 putative quality indicators in 14 domains was reduced to 30 indicators in 9 domains. These gave rise to the following multidimensional definition of quality of headache care: "Good-quality headache care achieves accurate diagnosis and individualized management, has appropriate referral pathways, educates patients about their headaches and their management, is convenient and comfortable, satisfies patients, is efficient and equitable, assesses outcomes and is safe." Quality in headache care is multidimensional and resides in nine essential domains that are of equal importance. The indicators are currently being tested for feasibility of use in clinical settings.
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