title: Quality of life of patients with cervicogenic headache: a comparison with control subjects and patients with migraine or tension-type headache.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To establish the health-related quality of life of patients with cervicogenic headache and to compare it with a random Dutch sample of control subjects and with patients with migraine without aura or with episodic tension-type headache.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thirty-seven patients with cervicogenic headache, 42 patients with episodic tension-type headache, and 39 patients with migraine without aura completed a Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Domain scores for "physical functioning" of patients with cervicogenic headache were worse than those of patients with migraine or tension-type headache. Physical functioning scores were lower for patients with tension-type headache than for those with migraine. Migraineurs reported a diminished score for "social functioning" compared to patients with tension-type headache. All Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short Form domain scores were significantly lower for patients with cervicogenic headache relative to the control group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with cervicogenic headache have a quality of life burden that is substantial. Although impairment in the quality of life of patients with cervicogenic headache is comparable to patients with migraine without aura and those with episodic tension-type headache, there are some specific differences.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Intensive Care, and Pain Management, Catharina Hospital, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
authors: Hans A
authors: HA
authors: van Suijlekom
authors: Inge
authors: I
authors: Lamé
authors: Suzanne G M
authors: SG
authors: Stomp-van den Berg
authors: Alfons G H
authors: AG
authors: Kessels
authors: Wilhelm E J
authors: WE
authors: Weber
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D020773:Headache Disorders / Q000523:psychology; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D020326:Migraine without Aura / Q000523:psychology; D011788:Quality of Life; D011897:Random Allocation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D018781:Tension-Type Headache / Q000523:psychology