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- Title
Headache in children: Effectiveness of multidisciplinary treatment in a tertiary paediatric headache clinic.
- Authors
Soee, Ann-Britt L; Skov, Liselotte; Skovgaard, Lene Theil; Thomsen, Lise L
- Abstract
Aim: The aim of this article is to evaluate the effectiveness of a specific multidisciplinary treatment programme forchildren with headache and to describe the concept and settings of the Children's Headache Clinic in Denmark.Method: All new patients were included and evaluations were conducted after six and 12 months. Pharmacological andnon-pharmacological treatments were offered by a team of specialists (physicians, headache nurses, a physiotherapist anda psychologist).Patients: The subjects comprised 169 children (mean age 11.7 (range 4-17), 91 females, 78 males), 39% of whom sufferedfrom chronic headache (≥15 days/month). All children were diagnosed according to the International Classification ofHeadache Disorders, second edition; 20% had migraine, 34% tension-type headache, 27% mixed headache, 4% medication-overuse headache, and 15% were diagnosed with other types of headaches.Results: Fifty per cent of the children had an improvement in headache frequency above 50% at six months. By the use ofrepeated measurement analysis, we found a significant decrease in headache frequency in all of the six headache groups,whereas the increase in quality of life (PedsQLTM 4.0) was significant for the group as a whole.Conclusion: Though preliminary, the results show a good outcome for multidisciplinary treatment programmes forchildren who suffer from frequent or chronic headache.
- Subjects
HEADACHE in children; HEADACHE clinics; PHARMACOLOGY; QUALITY of life; PEDIATRICS
- Publication
Cephalalgia, 2013, Vol 33, Issue 15, p1218
- ISSN
0333-1024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/0333102413490349