Impairment in episodic and chronic cluster headache

Autor: Karsten Henkel, Elke Leinisch, T. Schmidt-Wilcke, Charly Gaul, Andrea Lindwurm, Yvonne Paelecke-Habermann, Ralf Lürding, Tim P Jürgens, Thomas Dresler
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Cephalalgia. 31:671-682
ISSN: 1468-2982
0333-1024
DOI: 10.1177/0333102410391489
Popis: Despite being an excruciating headache, little is known about the burden of cluster headache (CH) regarding its various subtypes. In a multicentre, prospective study, patients with chronic CH ( n = 27), with episodic CH in the active ( n = 26) and outside the active period ( n = 22), migraine patients ( n = 24) and healthy controls ( n = 31) were included. Epidemiological data, the German version of the Headache Disability Inventory (HDI) and a screening for psychiatric complaints were applied. About 25% of chronic CH patients in our study received invalidity allowance due to CH. HDI scores (total and subscales emotion and function) indicated a severe headache-specific disability (one-way ANOVA: P
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