O029. Lessons from the expert patients. Advice for the physician to improve the care of cluster headache patients

Results Eighty-three advices from 25 EPs (SP, I, UK, NL, SWE) were available for a qualitative content analysis. Seventyseven percent of the EPs’ advices could be grouped in 7 main recommendations: 1) CH diagnosis is easy if you consider few clinical clues; 2) prescribe sumatriptan and oxygen; 3) suggest patient to avoid hiding and to be active in a patients’ support group; 4) take patient seriously and listen to him/her; 5) provide good information and be able to correct the misleading ones; 6) be sensitive to CH impact on the patient’s significant one; 7) acknowledge that CH is a serious medical disorder that can have a significant impact on the person and support him/her. Conclusions EPs’ recommendations should be used to propose pragmatic patient-centered changes in healthcare services dedicated to CH. Written informed consent to publication was obtained from the patient(s).