Browsing Fakultet for medisin og helsevitenskap (MH) by Journals "The Journal of Headache and Pain"
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Holding on to the indispensable medication - A grounded theory on medication use from the perspective of persons with medication overuse headache
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background Medication overuse headache (MOH) is a chronic headache disorder, caused by overuse of acute medication. To date, it remains unclear why some people overuse these medications. The aim of this qualitative study ... -
HURT (Headache Under-Response to Treatment) questionnaire in the management of primary headache disorders: reliability, validity and clinical utility of the Arabic version
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Background To support better headache management in primary care, the Global Campaign against Headache developed an 8-question outcome measure, the Headache Under-Response to Treatment (HURT) questionnaire. HURT was ... -
Impact of headache disorders in Italy and the public-health and policy implications: a population-based study within the Eurolight Project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Background Migraine, tension-type headache (TTH) and medication-overuse headache (MOH) are disabling lifelong illnesses. The Eurolight project, a partnership activity within the Global Campaign against Headache, assessed ... -
Improving quality in population surveys of headache prevalence, burden and cost: key methodological considerations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Population-based studies of headache disorders are important. They inform needs assessment and underpin service policy for a set of disorders that are a public-health priority. On the one hand, our knowledge of the global ... -
Interictal burden attributable to episodic headache: findings from the Eurolight project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background Most primary headaches are episodic, and most estimates of the heavy disability burden attributed to headache derive from epidemiological data focused on the episodic subtypes of migraine and tension-type ... -
Is there a causal relationship between stress and migraine? Current evidence and implications for management
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background The purpose of this narrative review is to examine the literature investigating a causal relationship between stress and migraine and evaluate its implications for managing migraine. Methods PubMed, PsycINFO and ... -
Lack of association between cluster headache and PER3 clock gene polymorphism
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Background: Cluster headache (CH) is regarded as a chronobiological disorder. The hypothalamic biological clock may thus be involved in the pathophysiology, but few studies have actually investigated this in CH patients. ... -
The management and clinical knowledge of headache disorders among general practitioners in Norway: a questionnaire survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background General practitioners (GPs) diagnose and manage a majority of headache patients seeking health care. With the aim to understand the potential for clinical improvement and educational needs, we performed a study ... -
Measurement and implications of the distance between the sphenopalatine ganglion and nasal mucosa: a neuroimaging study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Historical reports describe the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) as positioned directly under the nasal mucosa. This is the basis for the topical intranasal administration of local anaesthetic (LA) towards the ... -
Measurement and implications of the distance between the sphenopalatine ganglion and nasal mucosa: a neuroimaging study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Historical reports describe the sphenopalatine ganglion (SPG) as positioned directly under the nasal mucosa. This is the basis for the topical intranasal administration of local anaesthetic (LA) towards the ... -
Migraine, obesity and body fat distribution - a population-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Obesity has been linked to an increased prevalence of migraine, and to increased migraine attack frequency, but several questions are left unanswered by previous studies. We examined the relationship between ... -
Migraine: a major debilitating chronic non-communicable disease in Brazil, evidence from two national surveys
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background Even though migraine and other primary headache disorders are common and debilitating, major health surveys in Brazil have not included them. We repair this omission by combining data on non-communicable diseases ... -
One-quarter of individuals with weekly headache have never consulted a medical doctor: a Danish nationwide cross-sectional survey
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Introduction Large numbers of people with headache who would benefit are not reached by headache services. Among the causes are poor or disorganized provision of headache services, but reluctance to seek healthcare has ... -
One‑year prevalence of cluster headache, hemicrania continua, paroxysmal hemicrania and SUNCT in Norway: a population‑based nationwide registry study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background - There is lack of population-based studies evaluating the prevalence of paroxysmal hemicrania, hemicrania continua and short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache attacks. Objectives - The aim of this study ... -
Phenotype of new daily persistent headache: subtypes and comparison to transformed chronic daily headache
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Background It is unknown whether new daily persistent headache (NDPH) is a single disorder or heterogenous group of disorders, and whether it is a unique disorder from chronic migraine and chronic tension-type headache. ... -
Poor medical care for people with migraine in Europe ? evidence from the Eurolight study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Background Migraine is prevalent everywhere, and disabling. It is also neglected: consequently, it is under-diagnosed and undertreated. We analysed data from the Eurolight study on consultations and utilization of ... -
Premonitory symptoms in migraine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies reporting prevalence or relative frequency
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Background Observational studies on the prevalence of premonitory symptoms in people with migraine, preceding the headache pain (or aura) phase, have shown conflicting results. We conducted a systematic review and ... -
Prevalence and burden of headache disorders in Lithuania and their public-health and policy implications: a population-based study within the Eurolight Project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background The Eurolight project assessed the impact of headache disorders in ten EU countries, using the same structured questionnaire but varying sampling methods. In Lithuania, sample selection employed methods in line ... -
Prevalence and burden of headache in children and adolescents in Austria - A nationwide study in a representative sample of pupils aged 10-18 years
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Background: Headache disorders are highly prevalent worldwide, but not so well investigated in children and adolescents as in adults: few studies have included representative nationwide samples. No data exist for Austria ... -
The prevalence of headache disorders in children and adolescents in Ethiopia: a schools-based study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study establishes headache as the second-highest cause of disability worldwide. Because most headache data in GBD are from adults, leading to underestimation of headache-attributed ...