Dermatology & Plastic Surgery Institute Outcomes

In 2023, 73 patients with chronic migraine completed at least 1 questionnaire following treatment. Of the 15 patients who reported HIT-6 scores > 50 at initial evaluation (higher scores indicate greater impairment secondary to headache pain¹), 46.7% reported improvement. The PROMIS is a self-reported measure of physical and emotional health status reflecting health-related quality of life.² Of the 38 patients who reported initial PROMIS global health more than one-half standard deviation below the normative mean, 78% improved or remained stable. Of the 35 patients who reported initial depressive symptoms above the cutoff of ≥ 10 points for the PHQ-9 (higher scores indicate greater depression³), 25.7% remained improved at six months follow-up. Of the 28 patients who reported initial anxiety symptoms above the cutoff of ≥ 10 points for the GAD-7,⁴ 17.9% reported improvement at follow-up.