Is there an easy way to diagnose migraine? Challenges faced by primary care physicians include lack of time, training.
Migraine is an important issue in primary care medicine because surveys in North America consistently show that about 6% of men and 18% of women experience these recurrent and often debilitating headaches. Of those identified by surveyors as having migraine, only about 60% had consulted a physician about their headaches, and less than half of these patients reported having received a medical diagnosis of migraine.
Edmeads
John
J
University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine, Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre, 2075 Bayview Ave, Suite A233, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4N 3M5. john.edmeads@sw.ca
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods; D008487:Medical History Taking / Q000379:methods; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D009656:North America / Q000453:epidemiology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians' / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012008:Recurrence; D017678:Sex Distribution