Study on management of headache by general
practitioners in South Italy |
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Authors: | R Iannacchero U Cannistrà A La Vitola F Peltrone E De Caro |
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Institution: | (1) Via Salvatore Miceli 4, I-88046 Lamezia Terme (CZ), Italy;(2) Regional Headache Research Center, Department of Neurology, Hospital “Pugliese-Ciaccio” Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy |
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Abstract: | The impact of migraine
headaches is one of the major public
health problems in several
industrialised countries, with many
patients reporting frequent and significant
disability. Previous studies
have assessed general practitioners’
(GPs) perceptions towards evidence–based medicine (EBM) and
its influence on health care decisions.
Of 500 questionnaires distributed,
responses were received
from 455 for a response rate of
91%. Respondents’ awareness of
technical terms used in EBM indicated
that only 27.2% of GPs
agreed that clinical trials are needed
to evaluate the efficacy of treatments
and this awareness was higher
in those who learned about
migraine from scientific journals or
continuing education courses and
who attended courses on epidemiology
or EBM. Training and continuing
educational programmes on
EBM and guidelines in terms of
treatments of headache for GPs are
strongly needed. |
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Keywords: | Evidence-based medicine General practitioners South
Italy Migraine |
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