headache impact test (HIT-6)

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

More general terms

• health questionnaire