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Table 5 Outcome Measures

From: Manual therapy for chronic migraine: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial study protocol

Primary Outcomes

Measurement Instrument (validity)

Migraine-related disability

Headache Impact Test (HIT 6) [54]

Secondary Outcomes

Measurement Instrument

Quality of Life

Migraine Specific Quality of Life Questionnaire (MSQ. V2.1)[59]

Use of abortive migraine medications

1.1.11.1.11.1.1Diary [69]

Percentage of participants with reduction in headache frequency (days per month) of greater than 50%

Number of headache free days

Stress

Stress

Perceived Stress Questionnaire (PSS) [80]

Stress

Brief Cope [81]

Anxiety

State and Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI-6) [63]

Anxiety & Depression

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) [82]

Cutaneous Allodynia

Allodynia Symptom Checklist (ASC) [83]

Cutaneous Allodynia

Algometry [49, 84]

Patient Reported Outcome Measure

Patient Global Impression of Change Scale (PGICS) [85]