Patient headache questionnaires can improve headache diagnosis and treatment in children
Headache The Journal of Head and Face Pain2023Vol. 63(10), pp. 1359–1371
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Christina L. Szperka, Stephanie Witzman, Svetlana Ostapenko, John T. Farrar, Jesse Y. Hsu, Carrie P. Malavolta, Janille D. Bunney, Erin M. Bange, Carlyn Patterson Gentile, Gerardo Velasquez, Blanca Marquez de Prado, Mahgenn Cosico, Meyeon Lee, Pamela Pojomovsky McDonnell, Marisa S. Prelack, Madeline Chadehumbe, Donna J. Stephenson, Elizabeth Kichula, Scott C. Tomaine, Andrew D. Hershey
Abstract
Interventions to improve specificity of diagnosis were effective and led to increased rates of prescription of migraine treatments. These results have been sustained over several years. This headache questionnaire was adapted into the Foundation system of EpicCare, so it is broadly available as a clinical and research tool for institutions that use this EHR software.