The use of ID migraineTM questionnaire in patients with multiple sclerosis
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Veronica Villani • Luca Prosperini • Carlo Pozzilli • Marco Salvetti • Alessandro Ciuffoli • Giuliano Sette
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Primary headaches are underdiagnosed and undertreated in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). The aim of our study was to investigate the possibility of using the ID migraineTM (ID-M) questionnaire to make a firstline diagnosis of migraine in subjects affected by MS. We consecutively recruited 144 patients regularly attending the MS Centre of S. Andrea Hospital in Rome. Results from ID-M were matched with diagnoses of a blind neurologist. According to the ICHD-II criteria, 77 (53.5%) patients were diagnosed as suffering from migraine. ID-M showed high sensitivity (91%) and specificity (94%) in identifying patients with migraine. ID-M was also able to discriminate patients affected by headache following interferon beta therapy, having only the 10% out of these patients a positive ID-M. The use of the ID-M as a screening test is warranted not only in the epidemiological research, but also to ensure a better clinical management of patients with MS.
Neurol Sci (2011) 32:269–273 DOI 10.1007/s10072-010-0443-x Received: 30 November 2009 / Accepted: 12 October 2010 / Published online: 11 November 2010
