Evaluation of the 6-item Identify Chronic Migraine screener in a large medical group.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the 6-item Identify Chronic Migraine screener (ID-CM[6]), designed to improve the detection of chronic migraine (CM).

Background

CM is often undertreated and underdiagnosed. Survey-based studies have found that approximately 75-80% of people meeting criteria for CM do not report having received an accurate diagnosis.

Methods

This study used claims data of patients enrolled in a large medical group who had at least one medical claim with an International Classification of Diseases 9th/10th revision diagnostic code for migraine in the 12-month prescreening period. The Identify Chronic Migraine survey was administered by e-mail, in-person, or over the telephone to all enrolled patients. A Semi-Structured Diagnostic

SUBMITTER: Pavlovic JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7986415 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature