Observational studyCephalalgia : an international journal of headache2021
E-diary use in clinical headache practice: A prospective observational study.
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- Artificial intelligence in headache medicine: between automation and the doctor-patient relationship. A systematic review.The journal of headache and pain · 2025Pooled it
- Daily Reminders Increase Adherence to an Electronic Headache Diary (DMKG-App): Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Study.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2026Observational
- Feasibility and Usability of Home-Based Visual Evoked Potential Electroencephalogram in Neurological Telemonitoring Research.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2026Article
- Exploratory Pain Profiling With Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) in Episodic and Chronic Migraine.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2026Article
- Correlation between novel checkmark-only headache diary and productivity loss and medication effectiveness in migraine patients.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025Observational
- Pain Coping in Patients With Chronic Migraine and Medication Overuse Headache.Brain and behavior · 2025Article
- Tracking Migraine Symptoms: A Longitudinal Comparison of Smartphone-Based Headache Diaries and Clinical Interviews.Neurology international · 2025Article
- Changes in Migraine Symptoms after Ischemic Stroke: A Cohort Study.Cerebrovascular diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Switching from ligand to receptor anti-calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP) antibodies or vice versa in non-responders: A controlled cohort study.European journal of neurology · 2025Article
- Enhancing migraine care and research through Telemedicine and telemonitoring: E-diary tracking and home EEG.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2025Article
- Influence of next-generation artificial intelligence on headache research, diagnosis and treatment: the junior editorial board members' vision - part 1.The journal of headache and pain · 2024Review
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- Depression and treatment with anti-calcitonin gene related peptide (CGRP) (ligand or receptor) antibodies for migraine.European journal of neurology · 2024Article
- Validation of a Digital Headache Calendar at a Tertiary Referral Center.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Improving to Four or Fewer Monthly Headache Days Per Month Provides a Clinically Meaningful Therapeutic Target for Patients with Chronic Migraine.Pain and therapy · 2023Article
- The sense of stopping migraine prophylaxis.The journal of headache and pain · 2023Review
- Headache providers' perspectives of headache diaries in the era of increasing technology use: a qualitative study.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Dietary fatty acids improve perceived sleep quality, stress, and health in migraine: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Digital Therapeutics in Migraine Management: A Novel Treatment Option in the COVID-19 Era.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
- Validation of diagnostic ICHD-3 criteria for menstrual migraine.Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache · 2022Article
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Abstract
aimTo determine whether our E-diary can be used to diagnose migraine and provide more reliable migraine-related frequency numbers compared to patients' self-reported estimates.
methodsWe introduced a self-developed E-diary including automated algorithms differentiating headache and migraine days, indicating whether a patient has migraine. Reliability of the E-diary diagnosis in combination with two previously validated E-questionnaires was compared to a physician's diagnosis as gold standard in headache patients referred to the Leiden Headache Clinic (n = 596). In a subset of patients with migraine (n = 484), self-estimated migraine-related frequencies were compared to diary-based results.
resultsThe first migraine screening approach including an E-headache questionnaire, and the E-diary revealed a sensitivity of 98% and specificity of 17%. In the second approach, an E-migraine questionnaire was added, resulting in a sensitivity of 79% and specificity of 69%. Mean self-estimated monthly migraine days, non-migrainous headache days and days with acute medication use were different from E-diary-based results (absolute mean difference ± standard deviation respectively 4.7 ± 5.0, 6.2 ± 6.6 and 4.3 ± 4.8).
conclusionThe E-diary including algorithms differentiating headache and migraine days showed usefulness in diagnosing migraine. The use emphasised the need for E-diaries to obtain reliable information, as patients do not reliably recall numbers of migraine days and acute medication intake. Adding E-diaries will be helpful in future headache telemedicine.
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