Open AccessAgreement of self‐reported migraine with ICHD‐II criteria in the Women's Health Study
Author(s) -
Schürks M,
Buring JE,
Kurth T
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
cephalalgia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.57
H-Index - 125
eISSN - 1468-2982
pISSN - 0333-1024
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-2982.2008.01835.x
Subject(s) - migraine , international classification of headache disorders , medicine , migraine with aura , aura , cohort , epidemiology , population , psychiatry , physical therapy , pediatrics , environmental health
Migraine is a common headache disorder that is increasingly being evaluated in population‐based studies. The American Migraine Study II and the Women's Health Study (WHS) have successfully used ‘modified’ International Classification of Headache Disorders, 1st edition (ICHD‐I) criteria to classify patients. Investigating agreement of self‐reported migraine in large epidemiological studies with the criteria of the revised version [International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition (ICHD‐II)] is sparse. We have investigated 1675 women with self‐reported migraine participating in the WHS, who provided additional information on a detailed migraine questionnaire that allowed us to apply all ICHD‐II criteria. In this sub‐cohort, we confirmed self‐reported migraine in > 87% of women when applying the ICHD‐II criteria for migraine (71.5%) and probable migraine without aura (16.2%). In conclusion, there is excellent agreement between self‐reported migraine and ICHD‐II‐based migraine classification in the WHS. In addition, questionnaire‐based migraine assessment according to full ICHD‐II criteria in large population‐based studies is feasible.