Headache neuroimaging: A survey of current practice, barriers, and facilitators to optimal use.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study was to understand current practice, clinician understanding, attitudes, barriers, and facilitators to optimal headache neuroimaging practices.

Background

Headaches are common in adults, and neuroimaging for these patients is common, costly, and increasing. Although guidelines recommend against routine headache neuroimaging in low-risk scenarios, guideline-discordant neuroimaging is still frequently performed.

Methods

We administered a 60-item survey to headache clinicians at the Veterans Affairs health system to assess clinician understanding and attitudes on headache neuroimaging and to determine neuroimaging practice patterns for three scenarios describing hypothetical patients with headaches. Descriptive statistics were used to

SUBMITTER: Reynolds EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9053599 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature