Assessing Headache Triggers

lt;p>Dana P. Turner
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
Boston, MA
USA
dpturner@mgh.harvard.edu

Dana P. Turner, MSPH, PhD is a clinical researcher and faculty member in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School. She holds degrees in both public health and research methodology with a concentration in statistical measurement. As a National Institutes of Health funded investigator, Dr. Turner is experienced in research design, measurement, and statistical analysis. Much of her research has focused on improving the lives of individuals with headache through the development of measurement techniques for health-related phenomena, especially those related to assessment of headache activity and headache triggers and the prediction of headache-related outcomes. She has published many peer-reviewed articles on the topics of trigger assessment and the measurement of headache activity. Dr. Turner also has focused her interests on the improvement of research methods in the headache field and is a specialist in peer review and research reporting.

Part I. Overview and Introduction.- 1. Brief Introduction to Primary Headaches and Overview of the Book.- 2. Introduction to Triggers and Causes.- Part II. Elements of Headache Triggers.- 3. Existing Schools of Thought on Triggers.- 4. Trigger Beliefs and Perception.-  Part III. Assessment of Headache Triggers.- 5. Measurement of Triggers.- 6. Study Design and Measurement Methods for Data Collection.- 7. Statistical Aspects of Trigger Assessment.- Part IV. Applications of Headache Trigger Measurement and Research.- 8. Goals and Applications of Trigger Assessment in Clinical Practice and Research.- 9. Future Directions and Evolving Theories.