TY - JOUR T1 - Integrated care for chronic migraine patients: epidemiology, burden, diagnosis and treatment options JF - Clinical Medicine JO - Clin Med SP - 344 LP - 350 DO - 10.7861/clinmedicine.15-4-344 VL - 15 IS - 4 AU - Hans-Christoph Diener AU - Kasja Solbach AU - Dagny Holle AU - Charly Gaul Y1 - 2015/08/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/15/4/344.abstract N2 - Migraine is a common neurological disorder, characterised by severe headaches. Epidemiological studies in the USA and Europe have identified a subgroup of migraine patients with chronic migraine. Chronic migraine is defined as ≥15 headache days per month for ≥3 months, in which ≥8 days of the month meet criteria for migraine with or without aura, or respond to treatment specifically for migraine. Chronic migraine is associated with a higher burden of disease, more severe psychiatric comorbidity, greater use of healthcare resources, and higher overall costs than episodic migraine (<15 headache days per month). There is a strong need to improve diagnosis and therapeutic treatment of chronic migraine. Primary care physicians, as well as hospital-based physicians, are integral to the identification and treatment of these patients. The latest epidemiological data, as well as treatment options for chronic migraine patients, are reviewed here. ER -