title: [Evaluation of the migraine].
abstract: Migraine can be a very disabling disorder. Thus, migraine sufferers must be fully evaluated. To assess the number of days with crisis and the number of days with anti-migraine drugs intake a diary must be used. Disability and quality of life can be evaluated with questionnaires as MIDAS, HIT-6 or MSQOL. Emotional distress can be assessed with HAD scale. If the number of acute-migraine drugs intake is regularly higher than 8 days per month behavioural dependence should be looked at. A complete evaluation allows us to correctly manage patients: modify crisis treatment, start preventive treatment and view the withdrawal of acute migraine drugs.
authors.affiliation: Centre douleur chronique, département de neurosciences cliniques, hôpital Pellegrin, 33076 Bordeaux. francoise.radat@chu-bordeaux.fr
authors.forename: Françoise
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Radat
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lanteri-Minet
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008881:Migraine Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires