Interdisciplinary agreement in the diagnosis of headache types

Authors

• Edward B. Blanchard, State University of New York Albany
• Dennis O'Keefe, Albany Medical College
• Debra Neff, State University of New York Albany
• Susan Jurish, State University of New York Albany
• Frank Andrasik, State University of New York Albany

Abstract

The degree of agreement in independent diagnosis of headache by a neurologist and a clinical psychologist was determined to be 86.4% in a series of 66 consecutive patients. Fifty-five percent of the disagreements were due to the patients' giving different information to the two assessors. This source of disagreement was associated with the patients' having had previous psychiatric treatment. © 1981 Plenum Publishing Corporation.

Publication Title

Journal of Behavioral Assessment

Recommended Citation

Blanchard, E., O'Keefe, D., Neff, D., Jurish, S., & Andrasik, F. (1981). Interdisciplinary agreement in the diagnosis of headache types. Journal of Behavioral Assessment, 3 (1), 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01321347