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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 76:1170-1172 doi:10.1136/jnnp.2004.057968
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Ability of a nurse specialist to diagnose simple headache disorders compared with consultant neurologists

Table 1

 Number of participants in whom the doctor’s primary diagnosis was recorded in any of nurse’s diagnoses (including role players)

Doctor’s primary diagnosis Recorded by nurse Per cent of headache type Total Per cent of all headache types
Tension-type headache 108 92.3 117 46.4
Migraine 88 90.7 97 38.5
Drug overuse headache 7 87.5 8 3.2
Headache or facial pain with local disorders 3 42.9 7 2.8
Cluster headache 4 100.0 4 1.6
Headache associated with head trauma 3 75.0 4 1.6
Idiopathic stabbing headache 2 66.7 3 1.2
Subarachnoid haemorrhage 1 50.0 2 0.8
Intracranial neoplasm 1 50.0 2 0.8
Persistent (NOT tic-like) pain 0 0.0 2 0.8
Acute ischaemic cerebrovascular disease 1 100.0 1 0.4
Arteritis 0 0.0 1 0.4
Headache not classifiable 0 0.0 1 0.4
Trigeminal neuralgia 1 100.0 1 0.4
Headache from chronic use or exposure 0 0.0 1 0.4
Chronic paroxysmal hemicrania 0 0.0 1 0.4
Total 219 86.9 252 100.0

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