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What is an adequate length of baseline in research and clinical practice with chronic headache?

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We examined the representativeness of baseline headache diary recording periods of 1, 2, 3, and 4 weeks for three kinds of headache disorder — tension, migraine, and combined migraine and tension. For research purposes at pretreatment, 2 weeks of diary recording are preferable for tension headache, while at least 3 weeks are preferred for migraine and combined headache. At follow-up, 1 week of diary recording appears adequate for all three headache types. Recommendations are also made for clinical practice.

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  1. Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, State University of New York at Albany, USA

    Edward B. Blanchard, Joel Hillhouse, Kenneth A. Appelbaum & James Jaccard

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This research was supported by grants from NINCDS, NS-23440, and NIMH, MH-41341.

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Blanchard, E.B., Hillhouse, J., Appelbaum, K.A. et al. What is an adequate length of baseline in research and clinical practice with chronic headache?. Biofeedback and Self-Regulation 12, 323–329 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00998723

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