Validation of diagnostic criteria for migraine in the Zürich longitudinal cohort study

Cephalalgia ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (12_suppl) ◽  
pp. 47-53 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen Ries Merikangas ◽  
Amy E Whitaker ◽  
Jules Angst
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
General Population ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
International Headache Society ◽  
Gastrointestinal Symptoms ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Peak Period ◽  
Systematic Assessment ◽  
Ihs Criteria

This paper reports the results of a systematic assessment of the validity of the specific diagnostic criteria for migraine without aura, as defined by the International Headache Society (IHS), in a longitudinal epidemiologic sample of young adults who were selected from the general population of Zürich, Switzerland. Systematic modification of each of the IHS criteria for migraine without aura yielded one-year weighted prevalence rates ranging from 24% for the unmodified IHS criteria to 9% for the most restrictive definition of migraine. The major implications of the findings for the IHS criteria are: (a) they provide adequate coverage to classify the majority of subjects with headache in the general population; (b) there is little overlap between migraine and tension-type headache, suggesting that the criteria define moderately independent subgroups; (c) the criteria for migraine without aura appear to be too unrestrictive for application in the community, particularly among young adults at the peak period of incidence of migraine; (d) the criteria for “aura” need more precise operationalization; and (e) models of validation of the diagnostic criteria suggest that Criterion D of the IHS criteria for migraine without aura should be modified to require both gastrointestinal symptoms and photophobia and phonophobia.

Assessment of International Headache Society Diagnostic Criteria: A Reliability Study

Cephalalgia ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 280-284 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Leone ◽  
G Filippini ◽  
D D'Amico ◽  
M Farinotti ◽  
G Bussone
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Medical Records ◽  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
International Headache Society ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Kappa Statistics ◽  
Reliability Study ◽  
Ihs Criteria ◽  
Craniofacial Pain ◽  
Type Headache

In 1988 the International Headache Society (IHS) introduced new diagnostic criteria for headaches and craniofacial pain. Since headaches can be diagnosed solely on the basis of information provided by the patient, it is essential that the criteria are reproducible and consistent. phenomena to a form designed to reflect the IHS criteria. Interobserver concordance (kappa statistics) in the application of the diagnostic hemicrania; kappa = 0.88 for migraine; kappa = 0.75 for tension-type headache; (ii) “almost perfect” to “substantial” for the second digit migraine without aura; kappa = 0.71 for chronic tension-type headache; kappa = 0.66 for cluster headache-like disorder not fulfilling the eria. These results show that the IHS diagnostic criteria are satisfactorily applicable to high quality medical records abstracted by experienced.

Presentation of a New Instrument: The Diagnostic Headache Diary

Cephalalgia ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 369-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bjørn Russell ◽  
Birthe Krogh Rasmussen ◽  
Jannick Brennum ◽  
Helle Klingenberg Iversen ◽  
Rigmor Agnethe Jensen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Clinical Diagnosis ◽  
International Headache Society ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Clinical Interview ◽  
New Instrument ◽  
Precise Diagnosis ◽  
Headache Diary ◽  
Ihs Criteria ◽  
Type Headache

A new instrument, the Diagnostic Headache Diary, based on the operational diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS), was tested in 61 migraine patients from a headache research clinic using the clinical diagnosis (IHS criteria) for comparison. All patients kept the diary for one to eight months. The clinical and diary diagnosis of migraine with and without aura was the same in, respectively, 72 and 87% of the patients. Nausea, photophobia and phonophobia tended to be more pronounced at the clinical interview. The diary identified 20 more cases of episodic tension-type headache and 15 fewer cases of chronic tension-type headache than the clinical interview. Two blinded observers always made the same IHS diagnoses when interpreting the diagnostic headache diary. A combination of a clinical interview and the diagnostic headache diary gives a qualitatively and quantitatively more precise diagnosis than a clinical interview alone.

scholarly journals Post-traumatic headache

2009 ◽  
Vol 67 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo André de Lima Martins ◽  
Valdenilson Ribeiro Ribas ◽  
Bianca Bastos Mazullo Martins ◽  
Renata de Melo Guerra Ribas ◽  
Marcelo Moraes Valença
Keyword(s):  
Head Injury ◽  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
International Headache Society ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Mild Head Injury ◽  
Ihs Classification ◽  
Ihs Criteria ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Type Headache

The onset of post-traumatic headache (PTC) occurs in the first seven days after trauma, according to the International Headache Society (IHS) classification. The objective of this study was to evaluate the several forms of headache that appear after mild head injury (HI) and time interval between the HI and the onset of pain. We evaluated 41 patients with diagnosis of mild HI following the IHS criteria. Migraine without aura and the chronic tension-type headache were the most prevalent groups, occurring in 16 (39%) and 14 (34.1%) patients respectively. The time interval between HI and the onset of headache was less than seven days in 20 patients (48.7%) and longer than 30 days in 10 (24.3%) patients. The results suggest that PTC may arise after a period longer than is accepted at the present by the IHS.

Migrainous disorder and headache of the tension-type not fulfilling the criteria: a follow-up study in children and adolescents

Cephalalgia ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 611-616 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Zebenholzer ◽  
C Wöber ◽  
C Kienbacher ◽  
Ç Wöber-Bingöl
Keyword(s):  
Children And Adolescents ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Follow Up Study ◽  
Ihs Criteria ◽  
Type Headache

In this follow-up study in children and adolescents with recurrent headaches classified as migrainous disorder (IHS 1.7) and headache of the tension-type not fulfilling the criteria (IHS 2.3), 28.6% were headache-free and 71.4% still had headaches 2-5 years after the first examination. The majority remained in the same one-digit IHS diagnosis, whereas 20% changed from migraine to tension-type headache or vice versa. The number of IHS criteria fulfilled increased significantly from the first to the second examination. The reason for diagnosing IHS 1.7 and IHS 2.3 most often was a short headache duration or headache characteristics not meeting the criteria. By reducing the minimum headache duration to 1 h, 11 of 58 patients could be diagnosed as migraine without aura. There was a remarkable overlap in the diagnostic criteria for migraine without aura and tension-type headache. In IHS 1.7 and IHS 2.3 this overlap exceeded 80%, with a trend to decrease at the second examination.

Migraine without aura and migrainous disorder in children; International Headache Society (IHS) and revised IHS criteria

Cephalalgia ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 20 (7) ◽  
pp. 617-620 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Cano ◽  
E Palomeras ◽  
S Alfonso ◽  
D Ortega ◽  
P Sanz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
International Headache Society ◽  
Ihs Criteria

Migraine and Glaucoma: an Epidemiologic Survey of French Ophthalmologists

Cephalalgia ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-76 ◽  
Author(s):  
A Pradalier ◽  
P Hamard ◽  
E Sellem ◽  
L Bringer
Keyword(s):  
Potential Role ◽  
International Headache Society ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Epidemiologic Survey ◽  
Migraine Prevalence ◽  
Low Tension Glaucoma ◽  
Ihs Criteria ◽  
Type Headache ◽  
Low Tension

Glaucoma is a common ocular disorder; a high intraocular pressure is observed in the majority of glaucoma (HIOPG) cases, but some patients have low-tension glaucoma (LTG). In the literature, some works link LTG and migraine, which is speculative of a potential role of a vasospastic factor or diathesis common to migraine and LTG. Using a standardized questionnaire based on International Headache Society (IHS) criteria, we investigated 954 glaucoma patients; 320 (33.5%) described a headache (migraine or tension-type headache) and 240 (25.1%) presented the IHS criteria for migraine. Migraine prevalence was not significantly different between HIOPG and LTG patients (22.8% and 32%, respectively) in this study.

A prospective study on osmophobia in migraine versus tension-type headache in a large series of attacks

Cephalalgia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (4) ◽  
pp. 337-346 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Terrin ◽  
Federico Mainardi ◽  
Carlo Lisotto ◽  
Edoardo Mampreso ◽  
Matteo Fuccaro ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Prospective Study ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Headache Attack ◽  
Accompanying Symptoms ◽  
Type Headache ◽  
A Prospective Study

Background In literature, osmophobia is reported as a specific migrainous symptom with a prevalence of up to 95%. Despite the International Classification of Headache Disorders 2nd edition proposal of including osmophobia among accompanying symptoms, it was no longer mentioned in the ICHD 3rd edition. Methods We conducted a prospective study on 193 patients suffering from migraine without aura, migraine with aura, episodic tension-type headache or a combination of these. After a retrospective interview, each patient was asked to describe in detail osmophobia, when present, in the following four headache attacks. Results In all, 45.7% of migraine without aura attacks were associated with osmophobia, 67.2% of migraineurs reported osmophobia in at least a quarter of the attacks. No episodic tension-type headache attack was associated with osmophobia. It was associated with photophobia or phonophobia in 4.3% of migraine without aura attacks, and it was the only accompanying symptom in 4.7% of migraine without aura attacks. The inclusion of osmophobia in the ICHD-3 diagnostic criteria would enable a 9.0% increased diagnostic sensitivity. Conclusion Osmophobia is a specific clinical marker of migraine, easy to ascertain and able to disentangle the sometimes challenging differential diagnosis between migraine without aura and episodic tension-type headache. We recommend its inclusion among the diagnostic criteria for migraine as it increases sensitivity, showing absolute specificity.

A Population-Based Analysis of the Diagnostic Criteria of the International Headache Society

Cephalalgia ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 129-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birthe Krogh Rasmussen ◽  
Rigmor Jensen ◽  
Jes Olesen
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Diagnostic Criteria ◽  
International Headache Society ◽  
Normal Subjects ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Headache Disorders ◽  
Specific Proposal ◽  
Accompanying Symptoms ◽  
Type Headache

In 740 representative normal subjects a diagnostic headache interview and a neurological examination provided the necessary information to classify headache disorders according to the operational diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS). Sixteen per cent (n = 119) had migraine, 78% (n = 578) tension-type headache. In migraineurs, pain was of a pulsating quality in 78%, severe in 85%, unilateral in 62%, and aggravated by routine physical activity in 96%. Tension-type headache was of a pressing quality in 78%, mild or moderate in 99%, bilateral in 90%, and 72% had no aggravation by physical activity. The accompanying symptoms of nausea, photo- and phonophobia occurred frequently and were usually moderate or severe in migraine subjects, and if present in subjects with tension-type headache, they were usually mild. Only two subjects had unclassifiable headache. The IHS Classification is thus exhaustive. The criteria may be improved by mandatory demands to the criterion of pain intensity leaving other features of pain as supportive for the diagnosis and by including graded severity of accompanying symptoms. A specific proposal is given.

Migraine Without Aura and Migraine with Aura Are Distinct Clinical Entities: A Study of Four Hundred and Eighty-Four Male and Female Migraineurs From the General Population

Cephalalgia ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 239-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
MB Russell ◽  
BK Rasmussen ◽  
K Fenger ◽  
J Olesen
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Migraine With Aura ◽  
Migraine Without Aura ◽  
International Headache Society ◽  
Age At Onset ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Bright Light ◽  
Expected Number ◽  
Normal Distributions ◽  
Precipitating Factor

The clinical characteristics of migraine without aura (MO) and migraine with aura (MA) were compared in 484 migraineurs from the general population. We used the criteria of the International Headache Society. The lifetime prevalence of MO was 14.7% with a M:F ratio of 1:2.2; that of MA was 7.9% with a M:F ratio of 1:1.5. The female preponderance was significant in both MO and MA. The female preponderance was present in all age groups in MA, but was first apparent after menarche in MO, suggesting that female hormones are an initiating factor in MO, but not likely so in MA. The age at onset of MO followed a normal distribution, whereas the age at onset of MA was bimodally distributed, which could be explained by a composition of two normal distributions. The estimated separation between the two groups of MA was at age 26 years among the females and age 31 years among the males. The observed number of persons with co-occurrence of MO and MA was not significantly different from the expected number. The specificity and importance of premonitory symptoms are questioned, but prospective studies are needed. Bright light was a precipitating factor in MA, but not in MO. Menstruation was a precipitating factor in MO, but not likely in MA. Both MO and MA improved during pregnancy. The clinical differences indicate that MO and MA are distinct entities.

Headache Prevalence Among Adolescents — The German DMKG Headache Study

Cephalalgia ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 347-354 ◽  
Author(s):  
K Fendrich ◽  
M Vennemann ◽  
V Pfaffenrath ◽  
S Evers ◽  
A May ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
International Headache Society ◽  
Primary Headache ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tension Type Headache ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Primary Headache Disorders ◽  
Ihs Criteria ◽  
Probable Migraine ◽  
Type Headache

This population-based cross-sectional study examined the 3-month prevalence of headache, migraine and tension-type headache (TTH) among adolescents aged 12-15 years in Germany Students ( n = 3324) from 20 schools completed a questionnaire on general and headache-specific pain which included a sociodemographic module. The headache-specific questionnaire complied with the respective revised criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS). 'Modified criteria' changed the item 'duration' in migraine (>30 min instead of >4 h). The overall 3-month prevalence of headache was 69.4% (boys 59.5%, girls 78.9%), with 4.4% of the adolescents suffering from frequent (≥ 14 days/3 months) and severe (grade 8-10 on a 10-point visual analogue scale) headache and 1.4% (boys 0.9%, girls 1.9%) from headache ≥15 days/month. The 3-month prevalence of migraine was 2.6% (boys 1.6%, girls 3.5%) applying strict IHS criteria and 6.9% (boys 4.4%, girls 9.3%) with modified criteria; 12.6% (boys 8.3%, girls 16.7%) suffered from probable migraine, 0.07% fulfilled the criteria for chronic migraine, 4.5% (boys 4.6%, girls 4.3%) suffered from TTH, 0.2% from chronic TTH and 15.7% (boys 14.5%, girls 16.9%) from probable TTH. Headache and migraine were more common in girls than in boys and in teenagers, especially in girls, aiming at higher education. Recurrent headache and primary headache disorders are common complaints among German adolescents, especially among girls.

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