A number of migraine screening tools have been developed to help rectify the
problem of under-diagnosis in the primary care setting. These include:
HCPC ScreeningQuestionnaire
The Headache Care for Practising Clinicians (HCPC) guidelines aim to improve headache management by clinicians worldwide. Initiatives include the development of a simple four-item questionnaire designed to allow busy clinicians to quickly make a differential diagnosis between the most common forms of headache. [16,19] Unlike the diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society, [1] the HCPC questionnaire assesses migraine according to the degree of severity/impact/disability caused by the headache. The tool is mainly used to guide the management and treatment of migraine.
Patient-completed impact tools (e.g. headache diaries and impactquestionnaires) may also aid in the diagnosis and management of migraine attacks. One such tool is the MIDAS questionnaire , which tracks the number of days of disability or missed work, school or family activities experienced by migraine sufferers.
HCPC ScreeningQuestionnaire
The Headache Care for Practising Clinicians (HCPC) guidelines aim to improve headache management by clinicians worldwide. Initiatives include the development of a simple four-item questionnaire designed to allow busy clinicians to quickly make a differential diagnosis between the most common forms of headache. [16,19] Unlike the diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society, [1] the HCPC questionnaire assesses migraine according to the degree of severity/impact/disability caused by the headache. The tool is mainly used to guide the management and treatment of migraine.
Patient-completed impact tools (e.g. headache diaries and impactquestionnaires) may also aid in the diagnosis and management of migraine attacks. One such tool is the MIDAS questionnaire , which tracks the number of days of disability or missed work, school or family activities experienced by migraine sufferers.
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