Devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from Colombia

OBJECTIVE: To devise and test the reliability and validity of a brief headache diary in a series of Colombian patients with chronic daily headache. METHODS: The study was designed in five stages: selection of domains (group of patients and experts); initial devising of the items (writing group); ide...

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Main Authors: Gabriel F Torres, Martha I. Otálvaro, Juan C. Vargas, Yulexi Castellanos, Jeimy Xiomara García, Javier D. Triana, Cesar A. Forero, Carlos D. Guevara, Rodrigo Pardo
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Published: Thieme Revinter Publicações 2012-01-01
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author Gabriel F Torres
Martha I. Otálvaro
Juan C. Vargas
Yulexi Castellanos
Jeimy Xiomara García
Javier D. Triana
Cesar A. Forero
Carlos D. Guevara
Rodrigo Pardo
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Martha I. Otálvaro
Juan C. Vargas
Yulexi Castellanos
Jeimy Xiomara García
Javier D. Triana
Cesar A. Forero
Carlos D. Guevara
Rodrigo Pardo
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description OBJECTIVE: To devise and test the reliability and validity of a brief headache diary in a series of Colombian patients with chronic daily headache. METHODS: The study was designed in five stages: selection of domains (group of patients and experts); initial devising of the items (writing group); identification of non-understandable items (n=20); assessment of internal consistency (n=100); assessment of validity and assessment of sensitivity to change during seven consecutive days (n=25, 175 observations). RESULTS: Five domains were selected: headache presence, severity and length of pain, analgesics intake, and missing workdays. The headache diary is internally consistent (≈75% of rotated variance), correlates with the medical interview (Spearman's rho and Kendall's tau over 0.8 for each domain) and it has an adequate and stable sensitivity and specificity (82 to 96%). CONCLUSIONS: This headache diary is a reliable and valid instrument and represents the most important features affecting Colombian patients with chronic daily headache.
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spelling doaj-art-e2fe2d62309e464bb4e6c6ab5d7b8f882025-08-20T03:21:07ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272012-01-01701404410.1590/S0004-282X2012000100009S0004-282X2012000100009Devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from ColombiaGabriel F Torres0Martha I. Otálvaro1Juan C. Vargas2Yulexi Castellanos3Jeimy Xiomara García4Javier D. Triana5Cesar A. Forero6Carlos D. Guevara7Rodrigo Pardo8Hospital Santa Clara E.S.EHospital Santa Clara E.S.EHospital El TunalUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaClinica Carlos Lleras RestrepoUniversidad Nacional de ColombiaOBJECTIVE: To devise and test the reliability and validity of a brief headache diary in a series of Colombian patients with chronic daily headache. METHODS: The study was designed in five stages: selection of domains (group of patients and experts); initial devising of the items (writing group); identification of non-understandable items (n=20); assessment of internal consistency (n=100); assessment of validity and assessment of sensitivity to change during seven consecutive days (n=25, 175 observations). RESULTS: Five domains were selected: headache presence, severity and length of pain, analgesics intake, and missing workdays. The headache diary is internally consistent (≈75% of rotated variance), correlates with the medical interview (Spearman's rho and Kendall's tau over 0.8 for each domain) and it has an adequate and stable sensitivity and specificity (82 to 96%). CONCLUSIONS: This headache diary is a reliable and valid instrument and represents the most important features affecting Colombian patients with chronic daily headache.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012000100009&lng=en&tlng=enColombiadiagnósticocefalearegistros médicosreproducibilidad de resultadosestudios de validación
spellingShingle Gabriel F Torres
Martha I. Otálvaro
Juan C. Vargas
Yulexi Castellanos
Jeimy Xiomara García
Javier D. Triana
Cesar A. Forero
Carlos D. Guevara
Rodrigo Pardo
Devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from Colombia
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
Colombia
diagnóstico
cefalea
registros médicos
reproducibilidad de resultados
estudios de validación
title Devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from Colombia
title_full Devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from Colombia
title_fullStr Devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from Colombia
title_full_unstemmed Devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from Colombia
title_short Devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from Colombia
title_sort devising and validating a headache diary in a series of patients with chronic daily headache from colombia
topic Colombia
diagnóstico
cefalea
registros médicos
reproducibilidad de resultados
estudios de validación
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