The burden of headache following aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage: a prospective single-center cross-sectional analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) as a serious type of stroke is frequently accompanied by a so-called initial thunderclap headache. However, the occurrence of burdensome long-term headache following SAH has never been studied in detail so far. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of long-term burdensome headache in good-grade SAH patients as well as its relation to health-related quality of life (HR-QOL).

Methods

All SAH cases treated between January 2014 and December 2016 with preserved consciousness at hospital discharge were prospectively interviewed regarding burdensome headache in 2018. Study participants were subsequently scrutinized by means of a standardized postal survey comprising validated pain and HR-QOL que

SUBMITTER: Huckhagel T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7066282 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature