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Table 4 Comparison of algorithmic and specialist diagnoses in the validation sub-sample (N = 230)

From: The burden of headache disorders in North India: methodology, and validation of a Hindi version of the HARDSHIP questionnaire, for a community-based survey in Delhi and national capital territory region

Algorithmic diagnoses

Specialists’ diagnoses

Validation parameters

Migrainea

Tension-type headachea

Headache on ≥ 15 d/m

Totals

Sensitivity (95% CI)

Specificity (95% CI)

Kappa (95% CI)

Migrainea

129

8

3

143

0.75 (0.68–0.81)

0.81 (0.69–0.89)

0.46 (0.34–0.58)

Tension-type headachea

32

34

0

71

0.76 (0.61–0.86)

0.83 (0.77–0.88)

0.49 (0.37–0.62)

Headache on ≥ 15 d/m

12

3

9

24

0.75 (0.47–0.91)

0.93 (0.89–0.96)

0.46 (0.34–0.58)

  1. aIncludes probable diagnoses; d/m: days/month