ArticleJournal of neurology2021
Towards eHealth to support the health journey of headache patients: a scoping review.
Article in Journal of neurology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
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.
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.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
17 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Engagement and predictors of use of a smartphone app for migraine self-management: A secondary analysis of the EMMA trial.Headache · 2026Trial
- A Prescribed Digital Health App and Number of Migraine Days: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2025Trial
- Patients' experiences with a nurse-led transmural headache care pathway: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Disparities in Headache Care and Research in Children and Adolescents: A Narrative Review.Current pain and headache reports · 2026Review
- Article
- The biopsychosocial perspective on designing mobile health apps for self-management of chronic headaches.Health systems (Basingstoke, England) · 2025Article
- The World Health Organization Intersectoral Global Action Plan on Epilepsy and Other Neurological Disorders and the headache revolution: from headache burden to a global action plan for headache disorders.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Review
- An Online Psychological Program for Adolescents and Young Adults With Headaches: Iterative Design and Rapid Usability Testing.JMIR human factors · 2023Article
- Digital Therapeutics in Migraine Management: A Novel Treatment Option in the COVID-19 Era.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Development of a text message-based headache diary in adolescents and children.Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache · 2022Article
- mBrain: towards the continuous follow-up and headache classification of primary headache disorder patients.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2022Observational
- Time is of the essence in headache measurement. A response to Gil-Gouveia.The journal of headache and pain · 2022Article
- Article
- Telemedicine Applications for the Evaluation of Patients with Non-Acute Headache: A Narrative Review.Journal of pain research · 2021Review
- [Digitalization in headache therapy].Schmerz (Berlin, Germany) · 2020Review
- The Role of Digital Navigators in Promoting Clinical Care and Technology Integration into Practice.Digital biomarkers · 2020Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study is to (1) review the digital health tools that have been used in headache studies, and (2) discuss the effectivity and reliability of these tools.
backgroundMany headache patients travel a long and troublesome journey from first symptoms until a meaningful care plan. eHealth, mHealth, and digital therapeutic modalities have been advocated as the way forward to improve patient care.
methodOnline databases PubMed, Cinahl, and PsycINFO were searched using a predefined search query. A data extraction form was used to gather relevant data elements from the selected papers.
resultsA total of 39 studies were selected. The studies included 94,127 participants. The majority of studies focused on diaries (N = 27 out of 39). Digital (cognitive) behavioral therapy were also quite common (N = 7 out of 39). Other digital health tool categories were tele-consultations, telemonitoring and patient portals.
conclusionMany digital health tools for headache patients regarding diaries and behavioral/therapeutical treatment are described in scientific research with limited information on effectivity and reliability. Scientific knowledge with regard to other categories such as tele-consultations, patient portals, telemonitoring including medication adherence, online information resources, wearable, symptom checkers, digital peer support is still scarce or missing.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.