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Table 1 Demographic and headache characteristics. M = male, F = female, HAL = headache load, DBS = deep brain stimulation, M = mean, SD = standard deviation. Age, education and duration units are years.

From: The sensitivity to change of the cluster headache quality of life scale assessed before and after deep brain stimulation of the ventral tegmental area

ID

Gender

Age

Education

Duration

Side of attacks

Headache frequency pre-DBS

Headache frequency post-DBS

Headache severity pre-DBS

Headache severity post-DBS

HAL pre-DBS

HAL post-DBS

1

M

46

11

7

Right

3–4/day

3/day

6–8/10

5–6/10

275

156

2

F

41

19

4

Bilateral

3–5/day

1/day

6–9/10

5–6/10

1964

347

3

M

58

10

14

Left

2/day

1–2/day

6–8/10

7–9/10

840

520

4

F

42

17

21

Bilateral

2–4/day

2–7/day

9–10/10

9–10/10

2178

2543

5

M

43

10

28

Right

5–15/day

8/day

7–8/10

9–10/10

865

994

6

M

37

11

23

Right

5/day

4–5/week

9–10/10

8–9/10

764

78

7

M

39

11

13

Bilateral

3–6/day

12/month

5–9/10

5–7/10

700

20

8

M

41

16

15

Left

7–10/day

2–3/day

8–10/10

6–7/10

1387

75

9

M

59

11

20

Left

5–7/day

6–7/day

7–9/10

7–8/10

519

603

10

M

48

11

15

Right

3/day

1–2/day

2–6/10

2–6/10

379

198

 

80 % M

M 45.4 SD (11.9)

12.7 (2.9)

16.0 (7.1)

     

1964 (649)

347 (762)