What is a clinically relevant change on the HIT-6 questionnaire? An estimation in a primary-care population of migraine patients

Cephalalgia

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 29-36

  Smelt, Antonia F H ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a,b   Terwee, Caroline B ^c   Ferrari, Michel D ^a   Blom, Jeanet W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Headache Impact Test (HIT 6); Migraine; minimally important change; minimally important difference; outcome research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEADACHE IMPACT TEST 6 QUESTIONNAIRE; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

HEADACHE IMPACT TEST (HIT-6); MIGRAINE; MINIMALLY IMPORTANT CHANGE; MINIMALLY IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE; OUTCOME RESEARCH;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; NETHERLANDS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84890840873     PISSN: 03331024     EISSN: 14682982     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0333102413497599     Document Type: Article

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