Survey of Pain Medicine Specialists' Familiarity with Migraine Management.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Pain specialists treat patients with headache and interface with those who use opioids more so than neurologists and headache specialists. We assessed the headache medicine knowledge and needs of pain specialists.

Design/setting

Cross-sectional online survey.

Subjects

Members of the American Academy of Pain Medicine.

Methods

Survey was based on a prior survey of primary care providers' knowledge and needs and was iteratively updated by four headache specialists, two with pain medicine affiliations.

Results

Of the 105 respondents, 71.4% were physicians, 34.3% were women, and they averaged 20.0 ± 13.6 years in practice. The most common specialty was anesthesia (36.1%, n = 35/97) followed by neurology (14.4%, n = 14/97). About half of providers (5

SUBMITTER: Minen MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8665993 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature