TY - JOUR
T1 - HEADWORK Questionnaire
T2 - Why Do We Need a New Tool to Assess Work-Related Disability in Patients With Migraine?
AU - The HEADWORK Study Group
AU - D’Amico, Domenico
AU - Grazzi, Licia
AU - Grignani, Eleonora
AU - Leonardi, Matilde
AU - Sansone, Emanuela
AU - Raggi, Alberto
AU - Covelli, Venusia
AU - Guastafierro, Erika
AU - Scaratti, Chiara
AU - Usai, Susanna
AU - Bartolini, Marco
AU - Viticchi, Giovanna
AU - Cevoli, Sabina
AU - Pierangeli, Giulia
AU - Tedeschi, Gioacchino
AU - Russo, Antonio
AU - Barbanti, Piero
AU - Aurilia, Cinzia
AU - Lovati, Carlo
AU - Giani, Luca
AU - Frediani, Fabio
AU - Di Fiore, Paola
AU - Bono, Francesco
AU - Rapisarda, Laura
AU - Pascarella, Angelo
N1 - Funding Information:
Appendix Alberto Raggi is supported by a grant from the Italian Ministry of Health (Ricerca Corrente, Fondazione Istituto Neurologico C. Besta, Linea 4—Outcome Research: dagli Indicatori alle Raccomandazioni Cliniche). The authors thank the scientists from the HEADWORK Study Group who participated in data collection (see for names).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Headache Society
Copyright:
Copyright 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2020/2/1
Y1 - 2020/2/1
N2 - Objective: This article reviews current headache disability measures and clinical need, as well as presenting the rationale for a new measure addressing work-related disability in migraine patients and the steps devoted to this aim. Background: Episodic and chronic migraine (EM and CM) constitute an enormous economic burden to societies, and the vast majority of this burden is attributable to indirect costs, ie those associated with productivity loss. A measure of work-related disability is therefore needed to quantify the impact of EM and CM on patients' ability to carry out work tasks. Methods: We briefly present the advantages and disadvantages of the disability measures that have been most commonly used for this purpose and the rationale for developing a new measure. Results: The entire process of development of HEADWORK, a questionnaire designed to assess work-related disability, is presented together with short-term sensitivity to change. Conclusions: Current headache disability measures need improvement. HEADWORK is a valid, reliable, and sensitive questionnaire to address the amount and severity of work-related difficulties and of the factors contributing to such difficulties. HEADWORK is suitable for daily clinical practice, epidemiological research and for clinical trials, and potentially to define work-related disability weights for the calculation of migraine indirect costs.
AB - Objective: This article reviews current headache disability measures and clinical need, as well as presenting the rationale for a new measure addressing work-related disability in migraine patients and the steps devoted to this aim. Background: Episodic and chronic migraine (EM and CM) constitute an enormous economic burden to societies, and the vast majority of this burden is attributable to indirect costs, ie those associated with productivity loss. A measure of work-related disability is therefore needed to quantify the impact of EM and CM on patients' ability to carry out work tasks. Methods: We briefly present the advantages and disadvantages of the disability measures that have been most commonly used for this purpose and the rationale for developing a new measure. Results: The entire process of development of HEADWORK, a questionnaire designed to assess work-related disability, is presented together with short-term sensitivity to change. Conclusions: Current headache disability measures need improvement. HEADWORK is a valid, reliable, and sensitive questionnaire to address the amount and severity of work-related difficulties and of the factors contributing to such difficulties. HEADWORK is suitable for daily clinical practice, epidemiological research and for clinical trials, and potentially to define work-related disability weights for the calculation of migraine indirect costs.
KW - chronic migraine
KW - disability evaluation
KW - employment
KW - episodic migraine
KW - HEADWORK
KW - work
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U2 - 10.1111/head.13735
DO - 10.1111/head.13735
M3 - Article
C2 - 31943176
AN - SCOPUS:85078628440
VL - 60
SP - 497
EP - 504
JO - Headache
JF - Headache
SN - 0017-8748
IS - 2
ER -