Forschende Komplementarmedizin und klassische Naturheilkunde = Research in complementary and natural classical medicine · 2001
[Quality of outcome in treating patients with chronic headache within a hospital specialized for migraine. A cohort study with one-year follow-up].
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Melchart D, Weidenhammer W, Pollok-Müller A, Brand J, Brand R, Saller R
Аннотация
AIMS: To describe characteristics of in-patients with chronic headache syndromes being treated with complementary methods, short-term effects at time of discharge as well as long-term effects covering a catamnesis of 1 year.
METHODS: The study was designed as a prospective cohort study with outcome measurements 2 months in advance of admission to the hospital, at admission, and at time of discharge, continued by follow-up queries 2, 6 and 12 months after discharge from the hospital. The parameters for describing the course of headache symptoms were registered by questionnaires and diaries. During the first 6 months in 1996, a total of 424 consecutive patients with migraine or tension-type headache at the 'Migräne-Klinik Königstein' were included.
RESULTS: 82.9% of the patients were women, the mean age was 46.3 +/-13.0 years. The median of the duration of the disease was 23 years. At discharge from the hospital there was a marked improvement regarding frequency of headache attacks, intensity of headaches, and concomitant symptoms. 60.5% of the patients were classified as 'responders'. 67.5% responded to follow-up questionnaires. With exception of the duration of headache attacks, a significant improvement regarding the 6-month follow- up compared to base level was observed. Intake of drugs could be diminished and quality of life was improved. Patients suffering from tension-type headache showed smaller effects in general.
CONCLUSIONS: Taking into account the mean duration of disease of more than 20 years the results suggest a clinically relevant success from the patients' view regarding the short-term as well as the long-term course. The problem of data loss with follow-up queries and missing comparative data reduce the conclusiveness of the results.
METHODS: The study was designed as a prospective cohort study with outcome measurements 2 months in advance of admission to the hospital, at admission, and at time of discharge, continued by follow-up queries 2, 6 and 12 months after discharge from the hospital. The parameters for describing the course of headache symptoms were registered by questionnaires and diaries. During the first 6 months in 1996, a total of 424 consecutive patients with migraine or tension-type headache at the 'Migräne-Klinik Königstein' were included.
RESULTS: 82.9% of the patients were women, the mean age was 46.3 +/-13.0 years. The median of the duration of the disease was 23 years. At discharge from the hospital there was a marked improvement regarding frequency of headache attacks, intensity of headaches, and concomitant symptoms. 60.5% of the patients were classified as 'responders'. 67.5% responded to follow-up questionnaires. With exception of the duration of headache attacks, a significant improvement regarding the 6-month follow- up compared to base level was observed. Intake of drugs could be diminished and quality of life was improved. Patients suffering from tension-type headache showed smaller effects in general.
CONCLUSIONS: Taking into account the mean duration of disease of more than 20 years the results suggest a clinically relevant success from the patients' view regarding the short-term as well as the long-term course. The problem of data loss with follow-up queries and missing comparative data reduce the conclusiveness of the results.