headache impact test (HIT-6)

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Introduction

6 item questionnaire

History

  • When you have headaches, how often is the pain severe?
  • How often do headaches limit your ability to do usual daily activities including household work, work, school or social activites?
  • When you have a headache, how often do you wish you could lie down?
  • In the past 4 weeks, how often have you felt too tired to do work or daily activities because of your headaches?
  • In the past 4 weeks, how often have you felt fed up or irritated because of your heachaches?
  • In the past 4 weeks, how often did headaches limit you ability to concentrate on work or daily activities.

* never, rarely, sometimes, very often, always are response options Interpetation:

  • points assigned to each question
    • 6 for never
    • 8 for rarely
    • 10 for sometimes
    • 11 for very often
    • 13 for always

* Maximum score = 78, minimum score = 36

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References

  1. Yang M, Rendas-Baum R, Varon SF, Kosinski M Validation of the Headache Impact Test (HIT-6 TM) across episodic and chronic migraine. Cephalalgia. 2011 Feb; 31(3): 357-367 PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20819842 PMCID: PMC3057423 Free PMC article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3057423/