SynthesisCephalalgia : an international journal of headache2019
Diagnostic and classification tools for chronic headache disorders: A systematic review.
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- One-Year Remission Rate of Chronic Headache Comparing Video and Face-to-Face Consultations by Neurologist: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of medical Internet research · 2021Trial
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- Understanding the Diagnosis of Primary Headaches in Outpatients Referred to Japanese Headache Specialists.Cureus · 2025Article
- Introduction of a classification interview for post-traumatic headache after concussion.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Article
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- Neuromodulation Techniques for Headache Management.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
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- mBrain: towards the continuous follow-up and headache classification of primary headache disorder patients.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2022Observational
- Need of guidance in disabling and chronic migraine identification in the primary care setting, results from the european MyLife anamnesis survey.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- Validation of an algorithm for automated classification of migraine and tension-type headache attacks in an electronic headache diary.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Article
- Chronic Headache Education and Self-management Study (CHESS) - a mixed method feasibility study to inform the design of a randomised controlled trial.BMC medical research methodology · 2019Article
- Development and validation of a telephone classification interview for common chronic headache disorders.The journal of headache and pain · 2019Article
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aimDespite guidelines and the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-III beta) criteria, the diagnosis of common chronic headache disorders can be challenging for non-expert clinicians. The aim of the review was to identify headache classification tools that could be used by a non-expert clinician to classify common chronic disorders in primary care.
methodsWe conducted a systematic literature review of studies validating diagnostic and classification headache tools published between Jan 1988 and June 2016 from key databases: MEDLINE, ASSIA, Embase, Web of Knowledge and PsycINFO. Quality assessment was assessed using items of the Quality of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies (QUADAS-2).
resultsThe search identified 38 papers reporting the validation of 30 tools designed to diagnose, classify or screen for headache disorders; nine for multiple headache types, and 21 for one headache type only. We did not identify a tool validated in a primary care that can be used by a non-expert clinician to classify common chronic headache disorders and screen for primary headaches other than migraine and tension-type headache in primary care.
conclusionsDespite the availability of many headache classification tools we propose the need for a tool that could support primary care clinicians in diagnosing and managing chronic headache disorders within primary care, and allow more targeted referral to headache specialists.
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