TY - JOUR
T1 - Methodology of studies on the epidemiology of headache
AU - Beghi, E.
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - Headache is a common clinical condition. A correct evaluation of its frequency, characteristics and aetiology is a prerequisite for health care planning and for the implementation of preventive and treatment measures. Descriptive and analytic epidemiological studies are the basis to improve the knowledge of the burden of headache in the community. However, the results of the epidemiological studies are heavily dependent on the quality of the design, the correctness of the conduct and the appropriateness of the data analysis. A proper knowledge of the problems in the conduction and interpretation of the epidemiological studies helps the investigators to optimise the study protocols and the practicing physicians to critically view the published results.
AB - Headache is a common clinical condition. A correct evaluation of its frequency, characteristics and aetiology is a prerequisite for health care planning and for the implementation of preventive and treatment measures. Descriptive and analytic epidemiological studies are the basis to improve the knowledge of the burden of headache in the community. However, the results of the epidemiological studies are heavily dependent on the quality of the design, the correctness of the conduct and the appropriateness of the data analysis. A proper knowledge of the problems in the conduction and interpretation of the epidemiological studies helps the investigators to optimise the study protocols and the practicing physicians to critically view the published results.
KW - Design
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Headache
KW - Methodology
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U2 - 10.1007/s10072-004-0256-x
DO - 10.1007/s10072-004-0256-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 15549573
AN - SCOPUS:16544393341
VL - 25
JO - Neurological Sciences
JF - Neurological Sciences
SN - 1590-1874
IS - SUPPL. 3
ER -