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Migraine is a common primary headache disorder frequently associated with increased levels of anxiety, depression, chronic pain, and sleep disturbance. Patients with migraine frequently report their symptoms as having a negative impact on overall quality of life. Proper recognition and diagnosis of migraine is imperative to mitigating these associated negative outcomes. A brief, reliable and valid screening questionnaire could assist in early identification and initiation of management, leading to an overall improvement in quality of life measures.

An appropriate questionnaire will assess for headache-related disability. The Migraine Disability Assessment questionnaire, also known as MIDAS, can be used for all headache types, but was specifically developed for migraine.


Provider-facing Headache Screening & Monitoring Tools

Initial Intake Form:

Follow up Form:

MIDAS Screening Tool
This tool helps measure the impact of migraines on someone’s life over 3 months, including on work and social activities. The MIDAS score can be used to stratify the treatment approach based on the severity of migraine headache-related disability. The MIDAS score can also be used to assess responsiveness to treatment. 
Diagnosing Migraine Guide
This guide provides a comprehensive yet brief overview of migraine, including diagnostic criteria, headache phases, and red flags and secondary headache signs and symptoms. It differentiates between migraine and tension-type headaches, and general ways to assess and manage them.
Headache Monitoring Tools for Patients

Headache Monitoring Tools for Patients can be useful for identifying patterns and triggers associated with headaches and help monitor different treatment modalities used. A headache diary documents migraine occurrence (when, number), the severity (pain scale 0-10 or 0 none, 1 mild, 2 moderate, 3 severe), treatment used and response to treatment.

Transformed Migraines

Migraine headaches also transform over time from episodic (four to less than 15 headaches in a month) to chronic headaches, where a person experiences at least 15 days of headache per month for at least three months, with at least 8 of those days being typical migraine attacks.