Klonowski, Theresa http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7101-8679
Kropp, Peter
Straube, Andreas
Ruscheweyh, Ruth
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Article History
Received: 1 March 2021
Accepted: 29 June 2021
First Online: 25 July 2021
Declarations
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: The present data were obtained as part of the obligatory quality control of the interdisciplinary outpatient treatment program as described in the “Methods” section. Within this program, patients provide written informed consent to use their data for quality control and for publication in anonymized form. Ethics approval is not necessary for this type of study in Germany. Consent from the local data protection commissioner has been obtained.
: - Psychological factors are more strongly associated with headache-related disability than with headache frequency.- Within headache-related disability, PDI and MIDAS reflect two different dimensions (degree of disability vs. days with disability).- Pain catastrophizing, depression, and social avoidance are the psychological factors most strongly associated with headache.- Especially in patients with high headache-related disability, psychological treatment should be considered.
: The authors declare no competing interests.