Development and validation of a pharmacy migraine questionnaire to assess suitability for treatment with a triptan.

ABSTRACT: A questionnaire (Migraine Questionnaire; MQ) was developed to help pharmacists identify consumers with migraine suitable for non-prescription treatment with a triptan. Adults, who knew or thought that they had migraine, participated in three, sequential, community-based studies to validate the MQ. Overall, 1,353 subjects completed independent assessments with a pharmacist and a clinician (reference standard). The accuracy of the pharmacist assessment of suitability for a triptan was compared with the clinician assessment. Clinicians using their standard practice determined that triptan therapy was suitable in 76.8% of cases compared with 48.8% for pharmacists using the MQ. The lack of concordance between pharmacists and clinicians in the false-positive cases (n = 113 of 660 subjects consid

SUBMITTER: Diener HC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3452080 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature