Management of primary chronic headache in the general population: The Akershus study of chronic headache

Journal of Headache and Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 113-120

  Kristoffersen, Espen Saxhaug ^a,b   Grande, Ragnhild Berling ^a   Aaseth, Kjersti ^a   Lundqvist, Christofer ^a   Russell, Michael Bjørn ^a  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Chronic migraine; General population; Health care utilisation; Medication overuse headache; Primary chronic headache

Indexed keywords

ANTIMIGRAINE AGENT; ERGOTAMINE; IBUPROFEN; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL;

ACUPUNCTURE; ADULT; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CHIROPRACTIC; CHRONIC CLUSTER HEADACHE; CHRONIC HEADACHE; CHRONIC PAIN; CHRONIC TENSION HEADACHE; CONSULTATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIST; NEW DAILY PERSISTENT HEADACHE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; TRANSFORMED MIGRAINE;

ADULT; ANALGESICS; COMPLEMENTARY THERAPIES; FEMALE; HEADACHE DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION;

EID: 84859559989     PISSN: 11292369     EISSN: 11292377     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10194-011-0391-8     Document Type: Article

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