Development and psychometric validation of the headache screening questionnaire – Dutch Version

H.A. van der Meer, C.M. Visscher, R.H.H. Engelbert, W.M. Mulleners, M.W.G. Nijhuis–van der Sanden, C.M. Speksnijder

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Abstract

Background: Headache is a common disorder which may lead to substantial socio-economic loss. Treatment options include self-management strategies, medication and physiotherapy. Physiotherapists need to be able to screen for the presence of migraine and tension-type headache (TTH), so they can adjust their treatment strategies to the type of headache. A quick screening questionnaire to recognize migraine and TTH in the physiotherapy practice is needed.
Objective: The aim of this study was to create a headache screening questionnaire based on the ICHD-3 beta criteria for migraine and TTH, and to establish its content and criterion validity. Design A cross-sectional design was used during the validation phase of the study.
Methods: A screening questionnaire was developed for migraine and TTH. Content validity was checked by the research group and a headache research expert. For validation of this questionnaire, patients from the headache clinic of the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital in Nijmegen were recruited. The outcome of the questionnaire was compared to the ICHD-3 beta diagnosis of the headache specialist. For criterion validity, sensitivity, specificity, likelihood ratios, and positive- and negative predictive values were calculated.
Results: A 10-item questionnaire has been developed: the Headache Screening Questionnaire. For validation of the Dutch version (HSQ-DV), 105 patients were included in the study. The sensitivity and specificity were 0.89 and 0.54 respectively for probable migraine, and for probable TTH 0.92 and 0.48 respectively. Conclusion The HSQ-DV is a sensitive screening tool to detect patients with probable migraine and probable TTH.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)52-61
JournalMusculoskeletal Science and Practice
Volume31
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2017

Funding

The authors would like to thank T. Arts from the CWZ for his help and supervision with the data collection, J. Trujillo and D. Twohig for the translation process and Dr. D. Goncalves for her feedback on the content of the HSQ-EV. This study was funded by the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research ( Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek – NWO ) [grant number 023.006.004 ]. There is no conflict of interest within this study. Appendix 1

FundersFunder number
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek023.006.004

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