Grading of headache intensity. A proposal

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 117-127

  Sjaastad, Ottar ^a,b   Fredriksen, T A ^b   Petersen, H C ^c   Bakketeig, L S ^c  

^a Vaga Communal Health Center   (Norway)

^b TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Headache; Headache intensity; Likert type scales; Visual analog scales

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER HEADACHE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MIGRAINE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL LIFE; TENSION HEADACHE;

EID: 0036931844     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101940200029     Document Type: Article

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