A Consensus on the Assessment and Treatment of Headache

Boline P, Nelson CChiropractic Technique1991 Nov;3(4): 151-68

Consensus methods are being used with increasing frequency in order to develop protocols which help to solve health problems. This paper describes a consensus process which involved 13 allied health care professionals and establishes a level of agreement on the management of headache patients in a multidisciplinary setting. The developed protocols are for both assessment and treatment of headache patients and are displayed in an algorithmic format with accompanying annotations. Outcome measures were included in the development of the algorithm for the purpose of evaluating patient outcome. After 1 year of implementation the algorithm will be reevaluated and improvements made where necessary. The implications and limitations of this work are discussed.

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