Awareness of headache and of national headache society activities among primary care physicians – a qualitative study

Table 1 The following questions and response options were included in the questionnaire

1. “How often do you see patients presenting with (any type of) headache as the main symptom?”
once a day	> once a week	once a week	once in three months	never	don’t know
2. “Do you actively ask about headache?”
yes	rarely	never
3. “Do you treat patients with primary headache disorders?”
yes	no	don’t know
4. “Do you refer headache patients to a specialist?”
always	yes, if treatment is not effective	rarely	don’t know
5. “Do you refer patients directly for MRI?”
yes	no	don’t know
6. “Do you know the Swiss Headache Society?”
yes	no	don’t know
7. “Do you know about the following activities of the SHS?”
treatment guidelines	national meeting	homepage	GP teaching afternoon
8. “Are you interested in education offered by the SHS?”
yes	no	don’t know
9. “Which type of education would you be interested in?”
headache refreshers	practice-based workshops	treatment of special headaches	discussion of own cases	other
10. “Are you interested in receiving information on headache from the Swiss Headache Society by email?”
yes	no	don’t know
11. “Are you interested in a service kit containing treatment guidelines and flyers for patients?”
yes, by postmail	yes, by e-mail	no	don’t know

Fixed response categories were provided, always including the option “don’t know / no statement.”

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