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Evidence-Based Intervention To Improve Assessment Of Headache Pain And Its Functional Capacity, Mavjuda Saydazamova
Evidence-Based Intervention To Improve Assessment Of Headache Pain And Its Functional Capacity, Mavjuda Saydazamova
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Introduction: Headache is a chronic pain that is challenging to properly assess in clinical practice, as it is based almost entirely on the ability of the clinician and patient to communicate. This communication is based on pain scale tools. To assess patients’ disability and pain intensity, the selected organization uses the Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) screening tool. Pain intensity is measured with a Numeric Pain Scale within the MIDAS. Measuring chronic headache pain accurately, while using a very subjective and inadequate pain scale to measure chronic pain was an issue. The literature review supported replacing the Numeric Pain Scale with …