2024
Characteristics of men and women with medically diagnosed cluster headache in a national integrated healthcare system: A Veterans Health Administration cohort study
Seng E, Burish M, Fenton B, Schindler E, Zhou B, Phadke M, Skanderson M, Best R, Lipton R, Sico J. Characteristics of men and women with medically diagnosed cluster headache in a national integrated healthcare system: A Veterans Health Administration cohort study. Headache The Journal Of Head And Face Pain 2024 PMID: 39400858, DOI: 10.1111/head.14842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchVeterans Health AdministrationElectronic health recordsEHR dataHealthcare systemInternational Classification of Diseases (ICD)-9Integrated healthcare systemNational integrated healthcare systemFiscal yearHospital-based systemClinic-based studyProportion of womenCompared to menLongitudinal cohort of patientsIndividual medical recordsRates of suicidal ideationCH diagnosisStratified prevalenceHealth recordsTobacco useMental healthHealth AdministrationPain diagnosisInternational ClassificationPeriod prevalenceOutpatient visits
2021
Demoralization predicts suicidality in patients with cluster headache
Koo BB, Bayoumi A, Albanna A, Abusuliman M, Burrone L, Sico JJ, Schindler EAD. Demoralization predicts suicidality in patients with cluster headache. The Journal Of Headache And Pain 2021, 22: 28. PMID: 33879041, PMCID: PMC8056539, DOI: 10.1186/s10194-021-01241-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLifetime suicidal ideationSuicidal ideationHigh suicide riskSuicide riskControl participantsDiagnostic criteriaBrief Lifetime Depression ScaleObservational case-control studyLifetime depression historyColumbia-Suicide Severity Rating ScaleCluster headache patientsCase-control studyEdition diagnostic criteriaActive suicidal ideationStepwise logistic regressionSeverity Rating ScaleCH sufferersLittle empiric dataOrbital painCH diagnosisCluster headacheHeadache patientsHeadache disordersDepression ScaleSuicidal Behaviors Questionnaire