Artigo Revisado por pares

International Headache Society Classification: Interobserver Reliability in the Diagnosis of Primary Headaches

1994; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 14; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1046/j.1468-2982.1994.1401016.x

ISSN

1468-2982

Autores

Franco Granella, Roberto D’Alessandro, G. C. Manzoni, R. Cerbo, Cesare Colucci D'Amato, Luigi Alberto Pini, L Savi, Carla Zanferrari, Giuseppe Nappi,

Tópico(s)

Ophthalmology and Eye Disorders

Resumo

We assessed interobserver reliability of the International Headache Society (IHS) classification for diagnosis of primary headaches. The study was performed on 103 patients consecutively seen at two Headache Centres. Each patient was given a structured interview recorded on videotape. Four experienced clinicians then reviewed the interviews separately and made a diagnosis of headache according to IHS criteria at the one- and two-digit levels. At both the one- and the two-digit level the agreement was substantial (Kappa = 0.74 and 0.65, respectively). The analysis of reliability for each of nine items necessary for diagnosis showed an agreement ranging from substantial (Kappa = 0.69) to almost perfect (Kappa = 0.89). Our results indicate that the IHS classification has a good reliability for the diagnosis of primary headaches at the one- and two-digit levels.

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