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A headache diary might be a useful tool in the management of chronic migraine patients.

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Neurology

Abstract

Background: Basic data on migraine headache characteristics, including frequency and severity, headache-associated impairment, and the intake of pain killer medications, may be influenced by the recording manner of these data. headache diary can be used for that purpose. So this study was done to evaluate if the regular use of headache diary can make a difference for patients with chronic migraine or not. Methods: this study included the patients with chronic migraine with improper headache control, who were coming to Neurology Outpatient Clinic, and were asked to record their data using either paper or digital diary. Results: Fifty patients mainly from females were included in our study, showed better compliance and headache control by detection and management of their reported triggers. The most commonly reported triggering factor was stress followed by sleep deprivation. Conclusion: Headache diary regular recording is helpful in better management of headache attacks regards frequency, duration and pain intensity in patients with chronic migraine.

DOI

10.21608/zumj.2021.79207.2253

Keywords

headache diary, Migraine, Management

Authors

First Name

mohammed

Last Name

mahdy

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Affiliation

neurology lecturer, faculty of medicine zagazig university

Email

mdymahdy@yahoo.com

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0000-0002-8861-1687

Volume

30

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

45687

Issue Date

2024-03-01

Receive Date

2021-06-05

Publish Date

2024-03-01

Page Start

400

Page End

404

Print ISSN

1110-1431

Online ISSN

2357-0717

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https://zumj.journals.ekb.eg/article_182461.html

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Original Article

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273

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Journal

Publication Title

Zagazig University Medical Journal

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https://zumj.journals.ekb.eg/

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A headache diary might be a useful tool in the management of chronic migraine patients.

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30 Dec 2024