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ReviewCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2015

Guideline for primary care management of headache in adults.

Werner J Becker, Ted Findlay, Carmen Moga, N Ann Scott, Christa Harstall, Paul Taenzer

3 registry-linked trialsAbstract readReview
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Review in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 60 papers, 12 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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60citing papers in PubMed, 12 pooled it
8.9field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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.

NCT04828941 naunknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2021, after this paper: background citation

A 26-week Randomized Clinical Trial of an Electronic Headache Diary in Migraine Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorUnidade Local de Saúde de Matosinhos, EPERan2021 to 2021Enrolled60ConditionsEpisodic Migraine, Migraine DisordersArmsElectronic Headache Diary, Paper Diary
NCT06797076 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Evaluating an App-Based Treatment for Migraine: The Health enSuite Migraine Study

TypeinterventionalSponsorIWK Health CentreRan2026 to 2027Enrolled415ConditionsMigraine, Migraine With Aura, Migraine Without AuraArmsHealth enSuite Headache
NCT07633067 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

Safety and Efficacy of Middle Meningeal Artery Embolization for the Treatment of Migraine: A Multicenter, Prospective, Double-blind, Multigroup, Randomized Controlled Trial.

TypeinterventionalSponsorThe Affiliated Hospital Of Guizhou Medical UniversityRan2026 to 2028Enrolled150ConditionsMigraineArmsMiddle meningeal artery embolization, Conventional standard pharmacotherapy for migraine
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 12 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 132 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Post-COVID-19 headache- NDPH phenotype: a systematic review of case reports.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2024
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  17. 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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  18. CPGPrompt: translating clinical guidelines into large language model-executable decision support.Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA · 2026
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Werner J BeckerProfessor in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary in Alberta. wbecker@ucalgary.ca.
Ted FindlayClinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary.
Carmen MogaResearch Associate in Health Technology Assessment at the Institute of Health Economics in Edmonton, Alta.
N Ann ScottResearch Associate in Health Technology Assessment at the Institute of Health Economics in Edmonton, Alta.
Christa HarstallDirector of Health Technology Assessment at the Institute of Health Economics.
Paul TaenzerAdjunct Clinical Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
University of Calgary · CAInstitute of Health Economics · CAInstitute of Technology Assessment · AT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo increase the use of evidence-informed approaches to diagnosis, investigation, and treatment of headache for patients in primary care. QUALITY OF EVIDENCE: A comprehensive search was conducted for relevant guidelines and systematic reviews published between January 2000 and May 2011. The guidelines were critically appraised using the AGREE (Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation) tool, and the 6 highest-quality guidelines were used as seed guidelines for the guideline adaptation process. MAIN MESSAGE: A multidisciplinary guideline development group of primary care providers and other specialists crafted 91 specific recommendations using a consensus process. The recommendations cover diagnosis, investigation, and management of migraine, tension-type, medication-overuse, and cluster headache.

conclusionA clinical practice guideline for the Canadian health care context was created using a guideline adaptation process to assist multidisciplinary primary care practitioners in providing evidence-informed care for patients with headache.

Indexed as

AdultCluster HeadacheHeadacheHeadache Disorders, PrimaryHumansMigraine DisordersPractice Guidelines as TopicPrimary Health CareTension-Type Headache

Identifiers

PMID26273080
PMCPMC4541429
OpenAlexW2106511045

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