G-3947

Validity and reliability of the Persian self-reported instrument to assess work-related difficulties in patients with migraine: The HEADWORK questionnaire.

 Nazanin Abbasi ¹ ℗, Zahra Mostafavian ² ©, Niloofar Rambod ¹   

 
Abstract

Introduction: There is little knowledge about work-related problems in migraine patients and even the proper description of decreasing job performance is often overlooked by sources. In this study, we assessed the validity and reliability of the Persian questionnaire for measuring work-related problems in patients with migraine. Methods: In this cross-sectional study, the HEADWORK questionnaire, which includes two parts: work-related problems and factors affecting work capacity, was translated into Persian. After confirming the content validity, reliability was assessed by Cronbach's alpha and also by the test-retest method. 55 patients with migraines were admitted by the Convenience sampling method and to evaluate the convergent and differential validity, patients Filled out Persian versions of the HEADWORK, MIDAS, MSQ, WHODAS-II questionnaires. Data were analyzed in SPSS v.25 software. Results: Cronbach's alpha index was 0.847 for the first part of the questionnaire and 0.736 for the second part. The correlation coefficient of the first part of the HEADWORK questionnaire with MSQ was -0.481 and with MIDAS was 0.441 and with WHODAS-II was 0.449. The correlation coefficient of the second part of the HEADWORK questionnaire with MSQ was -0.474, with MIDAS was 0.408 and with WHODAS-II was 0.275, all of which were statistically significant. (p 0.05) Conclusion: The Persian version of the HEADWORK questionnaire has good validity and reliability.

Keywords: Migraine; HEADWORK Questionnaire; Validity; Reliability