A cause for concern? How discrepancies between self- and parent proxy-reported quality of life are associated to well-being in children and adolescents attending a headache outpatient clinic: A case-control study.

One-third of participants had parents reporting their child's HRQoL higher than the child themselves. Parent-child discrepancies for which parents rated higher were associated with poorer headache-related well-being. This supports our clinical experience that parent-child discrepancies in HRQoL may be cause for concern, warranting further discussion with the family to explore and contextualize the child's well-being.