Epidemiology of adult patients with headache presenting to emergency departments (The HEAD study)

Observational study of headache among adult patients presenting to emergency departments

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12619000094178

Acronym

HEAD study

Enrollment

4536

Registered

2019-01-22

Start date

2019-03-01

Completion date

2019-10-31

Last updated

2023-09-26

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Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

Headache is a common reason for presentation to emergency departments (ED). Headache presentations have been shown to comprise 1.35% (95%CI 1.34-1.36%) of total public hospital ED presentations across Queensland. There are a wide range of possible causes including primary headache (benign headache), migraine, trigeminal neuralgia, tumours, ntracranial haemorrhage, meningitis/ encephalitis/ cerebral abscess, toxicities and cerebrovascular events. This study will provide aninter-regional and international perspective on the epidemiology of non-trauma-related headache, its investigation, treatment and outcome.

Interventions

All adult patients presenting to participating emergency departments (ED) will have epidemiological data collected. There is no intervention.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Adult patients (18 or older) with a primary ED presenting problem of headache

Exclusion criteria

• History of trauma within 48 hours of presentation • Missing medical records • Inter-hospital transfers • Representation with same headache as previous visit • Headache as an associated symptom rather than main complaint

Outcome results