Determination of strain, disability and coping in Cluster Headache – Construction of the Cluster Headache Scales (CHS)
- Conditions
- G44.0Cluster headache syndrome
- Registration Number
- DRKS00016502
- Lead Sponsor
- Psychologisches Institut,Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 302
Inclusion Criteria
• Existence of cluster headache disorder according to International Headache Society IHS 3.1 or ICD 10: G44.0
• Gender: Both, male and female
• Minimum age: 18 years
• Maximum age: no maximum age
• Sufficient knowledge of the German language
• Internet access
Exclusion Criteria
There are no exclusion criteria formulated.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome are the self-developed Cluster Headache Scales (CHS). The CHS comprises three parts: I. general information about the person (socio-demographic), II. information about the cluster headache disorder (type, duration, current disorder activity, treatment, trigger) and III. information about (i) strain, (ii) disability and (iii) coping on a 5-point Likert scale (strong rejection to strong agreement). Part III (the CHS in the narrow sense) comprises about 95 items (study version).<br>Data is to be collected by a cross-sectional online survey during January and February 2019.<br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method • To determine convergent validity of the CHS, the following questionnaires will be additionally applied: Cluster Hedache Severity Scale (CHSS, Steinberg et al., 2018, own German translation), Depressions-Angst-Stress-Skalen (DASS, Nilges & Essau, 2015), Inventar zur Beeinträchtigung durch Kopfschmerzen (Headache Disability Inventory, HDI, Jacobson et al., 1994, German version: IBK, Bauer et al., 1999), Epworth Sleepiness scale (ESS, German version, Sauter et al., 2007), Fragebogen zum Kopfschmerzmanagement und zur Selbstwirksamkeit – Kurzform (German translation, HMSE-G-SF respectively FKMS-K, Graef et al. 2015).<br>• To determine divergent validity the Social Interaction Anxiety Scale (SIAS, Stangier et al., 1999) will be additionally applied.<br>Data is to be collected by a cross-sectional online survey during January and February 2019.