Migraine and functional impairment.

摘要: Migraine is a leading cause of disability worldwide; approximately half those affected have such severe attacks that they cannot function normally in routine daily activities. Research beginning to focus upon the burden migraine between attacks, referred as interictal burden. This encompasses worry and expectation future consequently may be associated with limitations social family interactions, well work capacity. review aims increase physician awareness degree scope functional impairment migraine. Physicians are position assess true impact their patients using techniques open-ended questions during visits, paper-based assessment tools Disability Assessment questionnaire. Eliciting information on help prescribe most appropriate therapy based patients’ impairment. article also describes instruments widely used for measuring migraine-related impairment, summarizes studies assessing effects indicators health-related quality life presents data how preventive treatment beneficially influence