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SPARTACUS: underdiagnosis of chronic daily headache in primary care

Authors: G. Giannini, V. Favoni, S. Bauleo, T. Ferrante, G. Pierangeli, F. Albani, M. L. Bacchi Reggiani, A. Baruzzi, P. Cortelli, S. Cevoli

Published in: Neurological Sciences | Special Issue 1/2012

Abstract

Despite the burden of chronic daily headache (CDH), general practitioners’ (GPs) ability to recognize it is unknown. This work is a sub-study of a population-based study investigating GPs’ knowledge on their CDH patients. Patients diagnosed with CDH through the screening questionnaire were interviewed by their GPs who indicated if subjects were known as patients suffering from CDH with medication overuse (MO), CDH without MO, episodic headache (EH) or non-headache sufferers. Our study showed that 64.37 % of CDH sufferers are misdiagnosed by their GPs. However, overusers are better known to GPs.

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Title: SPARTACUS: underdiagnosis of chronic daily headache in primary care
Authors: G. Giannini
V. Favoni
S. Bauleo
T. Ferrante
G. Pierangeli
F. Albani
M. L. Bacchi Reggiani
A. Baruzzi
P. Cortelli
S. Cevoli
Publication date: 01-05-2012
Publisher: Springer Milan
Published in: Neurological Sciences / Issue Special Issue 1/2012
Print ISSN: 1590-1874
Electronic ISSN: 1590-3478
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-012-1079-9

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