Patient satisfaction with conventional, complementary, and alternative treatment for cluster headache in a Norwegian cohort.

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE:Cluster headache (CH) may cause excruciating pain and not all patients get satisfactory help. Patient dissatisfaction with general practitioners (GPs) and neurologists, and use of complementary and alternative treatment (CAM) may reflect this. The authors studied patient satisfaction with doctors' treatment and use of CAM in a Norwegian CH cohort. SUBJECTS:A total of 196 subjects with a cluster headache diagnosis were identified in the registers of two neurological departments in North Norway. DESIGN:Of these, 70 with a confirmed diagnosis according to the second edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-2) completed a comprehensive questionnaire with questions concerning satisfaction with doctors' treatment, use of CAM, and effect of both treatment regimes. RESULTS:Satisfaction with doctors' treatment was reported in 44/70 (63%) (GPs) and 50/70 (71%) (neurologists) while 39/70 (56%) were satisfied with both. Too long a time to diagnosis, median four years, was the most commonly reported claim regarding doctors' treatment. Use of CAM was reported in 27/70 (39%), and 14/70 (20%) reported experience with ≥ 2 CAM. Ten patients reported benefit from CAM (37% of "CAM users"). The average cluster period was longer in CAM-users than others (p = 0.02), but CAM use was not associated with age, education, use of medication, effect of conventional treatment, duration of cluster attacks, or time to diagnosis. CONCLUSION:About two-thirds of CH patients were satisfied with treatment from either GPs or neurologists, and about one-third had used CAM. Despite experiencing diagnostic delay and severe pain, cluster patients seem in general to be satisfied with doctors' conventional treatment.

authors

Bekkelund SI,Ofte HK,Alstadhaug KB

doi

10.3109/02813432.2014.944410

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-09-01 00:00:00

pages

111-6

issue

3

eissn

0281-3432

issn

1502-7724

journal_volume

32

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