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Clinical outcome of a headache-specific multidisciplinary treatment program and adherence to treatment recommendations in a tertiary headache center: an observational study

Charly Gaul; Christina van Doorn; Nadine Webering; Martha Dlugaj; Zaza Katsarava; Hans‐Christoph Diener; Günther Fritsche · 2011 · The Journal of Headache and Pain

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Abstract

This study investigated the outcome of a 5-day headache-specific multidisciplinary treatment program (MTP) and the adherence to treatment recommendations in 295 prospectively recruited consecutive headache patients [210 migraine, 17 tension-type headache (TTH), 68 combination headache, including 56 medication-overuse headache (MOH)]. Headache frequency decreased from 13.4 (±8.8) to 8.8 (±8.0) days per month after 12-18 months. Forty-three percent of the participants fulfilled the primary outcome (reduction of headache frequency of ≥50%), which was less likely in patients with combination of mi

Abstract by Charly Gaul; Christina van Doorn; Nadine Webering; Martha Dlugaj; Zaza Katsarava; Hans‐Christoph Diener; Günther Fritsche, The Journal of Headache and Pain (2011) — licensed CC BY 4.0.

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