Validation of an 8-item self-administered questionnaire for assessing migraine-related sensory hypersensitivities (MHQ-8).

ABSTRACT:

Background

In addition to headache, migraine patients often experience sensory hypersensitivity to external stimuli. While photophobia and phonophobia are part of the diagnostic criteria of migraine, many patients also exhibit cutaneous allodynia and osmophobia. However, the presence and intensity of these four hypersensitivities are rarely assessed systematically and simultaneously due to the lack of a simple and rapid self-report questionnaire.

Methods

We have identified existing questionnaires for allodynia, photophobia and phonophobia and selected one of each, that were translated in French and validated (according to COSMIN's recommendations). We also proposed a 2-item questionnaire (presence and intensity) for each of these 3 hypersensitivities plus osmophobia, resulti

SUBMITTER: Gabrielli F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12105241 | biostudies-literature | 2025 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature