ComPAIN—Communication of Pain in Patients with Headache
Primary headaches are a common debilitating health condition. Proper diagnosis and treatment depend on patients’ communication. We wanted to explore differences in pain communication with a special interest in potential sex differences. Patients visiting our headache unit for the first time filled i...
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| author | Emma Eicher Sabina Räz Pascale Stucki Cinzia Röthlin Miranda Stattmann Bettina Grossenbacher Eileen Neumann Heiko Pohl Yvonne Ilg Anke Maatz Susanne Wegener |
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| description | Primary headaches are a common debilitating health condition. Proper diagnosis and treatment depend on patients’ communication. We wanted to explore differences in pain communication with a special interest in potential sex differences. Patients visiting our headache unit for the first time filled in two different questionnaires (one <i>before</i> entering the consultation and one directly <i>after</i> finishing the consultation), through which we captured patients’ descriptions of their pain, its potential impact on daily lives, the well-being of our patients and the satisfaction with our consultation. We included a total of 35 patients (22 female, 13 male). Women reported experiencing a greater loss of socially active days during the last 3 months because of headaches compared to men. Furthermore, women were more satisfied with our consultation. In addition, we revealed migraineurs characterize their pain differently than stated in the <i>International Classification of Headache Disorders</i> (<i>ICHD-3</i>) criteria. The adjective “pressing” (drückend) was used significantly more often by migraineurs compared to patients with tension-type headaches. Nevertheless, in the physicians’ written report, the characterization more often contained the <i>ICHD-3</i> corresponding adjective “pulsating” (pulsierend). Since the typification of headaches and subsequent therapy depends predominantly on the patients’ communication, consideration of the individual pain description and further research on headache characterization are indispensable. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-90d8c2aff2724c9b9cf881f614262e962023-11-18T09:57:33ZengMDPI AGClinical and Translational Neuroscience2514-183X2023-05-01721410.3390/ctn7020014ComPAIN—Communication of Pain in Patients with HeadacheEmma Eicher0Sabina Räz1Pascale Stucki2Cinzia Röthlin3Miranda Stattmann4Bettina Grossenbacher5Eileen Neumann6Heiko Pohl7Yvonne Ilg8Anke Maatz9Susanne Wegener10Department of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of German Studies, University of Zurich, 8001 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Psychiatric Hospital, University of Zurich, 8032 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Neurology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, 8006 Zurich, SwitzerlandPrimary headaches are a common debilitating health condition. Proper diagnosis and treatment depend on patients’ communication. We wanted to explore differences in pain communication with a special interest in potential sex differences. Patients visiting our headache unit for the first time filled in two different questionnaires (one <i>before</i> entering the consultation and one directly <i>after</i> finishing the consultation), through which we captured patients’ descriptions of their pain, its potential impact on daily lives, the well-being of our patients and the satisfaction with our consultation. We included a total of 35 patients (22 female, 13 male). Women reported experiencing a greater loss of socially active days during the last 3 months because of headaches compared to men. Furthermore, women were more satisfied with our consultation. In addition, we revealed migraineurs characterize their pain differently than stated in the <i>International Classification of Headache Disorders</i> (<i>ICHD-3</i>) criteria. The adjective “pressing” (drückend) was used significantly more often by migraineurs compared to patients with tension-type headaches. Nevertheless, in the physicians’ written report, the characterization more often contained the <i>ICHD-3</i> corresponding adjective “pulsating” (pulsierend). Since the typification of headaches and subsequent therapy depends predominantly on the patients’ communication, consideration of the individual pain description and further research on headache characterization are indispensable.https://www.mdpi.com/2514-183X/7/2/14primary headachepain communicationsexmigraineimpactsatisfaction |
| spellingShingle | Emma Eicher Sabina Räz Pascale Stucki Cinzia Röthlin Miranda Stattmann Bettina Grossenbacher Eileen Neumann Heiko Pohl Yvonne Ilg Anke Maatz Susanne Wegener ComPAIN—Communication of Pain in Patients with Headache Clinical and Translational Neuroscience primary headache pain communication sex migraine impact satisfaction |
| title | ComPAIN—Communication of Pain in Patients with Headache |
| title_full | ComPAIN—Communication of Pain in Patients with Headache |
| title_fullStr | ComPAIN—Communication of Pain in Patients with Headache |
| title_full_unstemmed | ComPAIN—Communication of Pain in Patients with Headache |
| title_short | ComPAIN—Communication of Pain in Patients with Headache |
| title_sort | compain communication of pain in patients with headache |
| topic | primary headache pain communication sex migraine impact satisfaction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2514-183X/7/2/14 |
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