Comparing health outcomes in people living with chronic headache (questionnaire study) – substudy of CHESS
- Conditions
- Chronic headacheNervous System Diseases
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN13180641
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Warwick
- Brief Summary
2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36289468/ (added 02/11/2022)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 349
1. Aged 18 or over attending an outpatient headache clinic for treatment and or management of headache symptoms. Patients have to have headache symptoms for 15 of more days of the month for at least 3 consecutive months to be classified as chronic headache
2. Able and willing to comply with the study procedures and give informed consent
3. Able to understand English and complete the questionnaire booklet
1. Unable to understand or complete questionnaire booklet in English
2. Have an underlying serious mental illness that may impair their ability to understand and complete the study questionnaire
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Headache-specific quality of life measured using HIT-6 and CHQLQ at a single timepoint
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> Measured by a questionnaire at a single timepoint:<br> 1. Generic quality of life measured using EQ-5D-5L and SF-12<br> 2. Mental health assessed using HADS<br>