An examination of the validity of the IHS classification system for migraine and tension-type headache in the college student population.
Headache
; 39(10): 720-7, 1999.
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ABSTRACT
The validity of the International Headache Society (IHS) classification system for college-aged students with headache was examined using cluster analysis. Undergraduate college student volunteers (N = 369) underwent a structured diagnostic interview for headaches, and the sample was divided into two subsamples for purposes of replication. A hierarchical cluster analysis (Ward's method) of the headache characteristics reported by the first subsample suggested a statistically distinct three-cluster solution, and the solution was replicated using the second subsample. It appeared that one cluster was tensionlike, while the other two were migrainelike. Nonhierarchical cluster analyses (K-means) of the cases from each subsample revealed a similar pattern of a tensionlike and two migrainelike clusters. Identical three-cluster solutions were found for the second subsample both by using cluster centers from the first subsample and by clustering the cases independently, suggesting that the cluster solution was not a random finding. The IHS classification system appears to lack adequate specificity and sensitivity for college-aged students with headache who report migrainelike symptoms. Thus, the generalizability of research results using college-aged students with headache to the adult population may be questionable.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Sociedades Médicas
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Cefalea de Tipo Tensional
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Cooperación Internacional
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Trastornos Migrañosos
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Headache
Año:
1999
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Estados Unidos