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Table 2 Consistency between recalled headache intensity and momentary headache intensity for the two subgroups of patients with tension-type headache

From: Application of ecological momentary assessment in stress-related diseases

  low SD group high SD group
  Mean (SD) ICC (A, 1) (95% C.I.) Mean (SD) ICC (A, 1) (95% C.I.)
Recalled headache intensity and 54.7 (22.5)   59.5 (17.8)  
mean headache intensity of all recordings 41.3 (23.2)* 0.75 (0.04, 0.93) 33.5 (16.8)* 0.21 (-0.11, 0.56)
mean headache intensity of scheduled recordings only 41.1 (22.4)* 0.75 (0.00, 0.93) 29.2 (16.2)* 0.16 (-0.09, 0.48)
mean headache intensity of event-contingent recordings only 60.3 (23.0) 0.81 (0.41, 0.95) 66.8 (12.2) 0.21 (-0.22, 0.60)
mean headache intensity of recordings when headaches were present 44.7 (19.0)* 0.77 (0.24, 0.92) 40.5 (13.0)* 0.29 (-0.11, 0.65)
maximal headache intensity of all recordings 71.5 (19.0)* 0.64 (-0.08, 0.89) 83.0 (11.7)* 0.23 (-0.10, 0.59)
  1. ICC (A, 1), intraclass correlation coefficient of absolute agreement; SD, standard deviation; C.I., confidence interval.
  2. * P < 0.001, vs. recalled headache intensity.
  3. Recalled headache intensity was compared with some indices of momentary headache intensity.
  4. High SD group is a group of patients whose headache intensity was highly variable.