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Defining migraine days, based on longitudinal E-diary data.

Britt W H van der ArendIris Elsa VerhagenMatthijs van LeeuwenMarnick Q T P van der ArendDaphne S van CasterenGisela M Terwindt
Published in: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache (2023)
We propose to define a migraine day as follows: 1) (a) headache duration ≥30 minutes; (b) matching ≥2 of four characteristics: unilateral, pulsating, moderate to severe pain, aggravation by or causing avoidance of routine physical activity; and (c) during headache ≥1 of the following: nausea and/or vomiting, photophobia and phonophobia or 2) (visual) aura duration 5-60 minutes or 3) a day with headache for which acute migraine-specific medication is used irrespective of its effect.
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