Coping Skills for Migraine: A 6-Month Program
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- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: coping skills training.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Migraine. Basic parameters: 18 years — 65 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Effectiveness of Client-Centered Coping Skills Training in Migraine: A 6-Month Follow-Up, Double-Blind, Randomized Controlled Trial
Overview
This study aimed to investigate the effects of client-centered coping skills training on pain, quality of life, disability level, and coping skills in individuals with migraine over a 6-month follow-up period.
Detailed description
Migraine is a significant public health issue characterized by frequently unilateral, recurrent, throbbing headaches. International Headache Disorders define migraine as a headache lasting 4-72 hours, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, phonophobia, or photophobia. Recurrent attacks can make it difficult to perform routine daily activities and movements. The World Health Organization lists migraine as one of the most disabling diseases. Approaches to treating migraine include pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions. Non-pharmacological approaches aim to increase an individual's coping skills using exercise, stress management, and cognitive-behavioral therapy, which involve physical, mental, and cognitive interventions. While these approaches are practical individually, due to the impact of migraine on an individual's entire life, combined and client-centered approaches are needed.
Coping skills training (CST) has been shown to improve the physical and mental health and well-being of individuals with chronic headaches, significantly reducing pain intensity, migraine attacks, and medication use. It also aims to help individuals adapt to life more productively. Despite its positive effects, limited studies examine the impact of CST on individuals' coping skills and quality of life. A person-centered approach that combines various intervention components can enhance personal control and effectiveness in managing headaches. Due to the unpredictable timing of severe migraine attacks and the variable frequency of symptoms, client-centered coping skills training is recommended for managing migraines. Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of client-centered coping skills training on pain, quality of life, disability level, and coping skills in individuals with migraine over a 6-month follow-up period.
Interventions
- Behavioral coping skills training
CST aims to improve physical/mental health in chronic headache patients by reducing pain intensity, migraine attacks, and medication use. The program includes 8 sessions (2/week) covering: Client-centered problem-solving \& migraine education (COPM-based), Activity pacing, stress management, and healthy habits, Energy conservation techniques, Social participation, Program evaluation. Session durations: Session 1 (45 min), Sessions 2-6 (60-75 min), Sessions 7-8 (60 min).
Primary outcome measures
- Visual Analog Scale (VAS) [Time frame: six months]
Secondary outcome measures (3)
- Nottingham Health Profile (NHP) [Time frame: six months]
- Migraine Disability Assessment Scale (MIDAS) [Time frame: six months]
- Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced Inventory (Brief-COPE) [Time frame: six months]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- a diagnosis of migraine based on the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3 beta) criteria,
- age between 18 and 65 years,
- literacy
Exclusion criteria
- psychiatric disorders,
- traumatic brain injury,
- other types of headaches,
- use of antidepressants, analgesics, anti-inflammatory drugs, or abusive substances (1 week before and during the treatments),
- any additional treatment for migraine during the study period,
- breastfeeding,
- pregnancy.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Double blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center
- Hacettepe University — Ankara
Identifiers
NCT: NCT07163559 · HU-ERG-EB-03