An adapted Severity of Dependence Scale is valid for the detection of medication overuse: The Akershus study of chronic headache

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 512-518

  Lundqvist, C ^a,b   Benth, J S ^a   Grande, R B ^a   Aaseth, K ^a   Russell, M B ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic tension type headache; Epidemiology; Medication overuse headache; Population based; Severity of Dependence Scale; Substance dependence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHRONIC DAILY HEADACHE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; DRUG INDUCED HEADACHE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HEADACHE DISORDERS, SECONDARY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 79951605706     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2010.03202.x     Document Type: Article

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