Migraine, Tension-Type Headache
Conditions
Brief summary
The purpose of the study is to improve treatment for newly referred patients with migraine and tension-type headache to the Danish Headache Center. All patients will recieve an electronic questionnaire just before the first visit concerning their current and previous history of headache and headache treatment. Half of them will enter a special telephone-intervention (TeII) program with two planned phone-calls after 8 and 16 weeks from first visit. The other half of patients will follow the normal follow-up program. All patients will be seen by a headache specialist after 6 months and will be asked to fill in a follow-up electronic questionnaire.
Interventions
Two planned phone call between clinical controls
Sponsors
Danish Headache Center
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Migraine and/or tension-type headache
Exclusion criteria
* Other headache diagnoses, including cluster headache, medication overuse-headache, other secondary headaches, trigeminal neuralgia. * Included in clinical trials at the DHC.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in preventive headache medication | From baseline to six months | Difference in number of patients with change in preventive headache medication in the two groups |
| Change in acute headache medication | From baseline to six months | Difference in number of patients with change in acute headache medication in the two groups |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Headache Under response to Treatment (HURT-8) score | From baseline to six months | Difference in change in HURT-8 scale between the two groups |
| Change in Insomnia Severity Index (ISI) score | From baseline to six months | Difference in change in ISI score between the two groups |
| Change in headache frequency | From baseline to six months | Difference in change of headache days per month between the two groups |
| Change in patient satisfaction score | At six months | Difference in change in patient satisfaction score (five questions focusing on treatment course) between the two groups |
| Change in Hospitality Anxiety Depression Scale (HADS) score | From baseline to six months | Difference in change in HADS between the two groups |
| Change in migraine frequency | From baseline to six months | Difference in change of migraine days per month between the two groups |
Countries
Denmark
Outcome results
None listed