Stress Management for Chronic Headaches

NCT ID: NCT00956969

Last Updated: 2013-06-17

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

147 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2009-09-30

Study Completion Date

2011-05-31

Brief Summary

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This interventional, randomized controlled study seeks to test the effects of a novel emotional awareness and expression intervention against relaxation training or no intervention for college students with chronic headaches. These two interventions are conceptually quite distinct, as the former seeks to activate and process anger, whereas the latter, more commonly used technique, seeks to suppress or avoid it.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Headaches

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Anger awareness and expression

Training for anger awareness and expression

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Anger Awareness and Expression

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Teaches patients to recognize, experience, and express emotions

Relaxation Training

Teach patients relaxation training

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Relaxation Training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Teaches patients relaxation training

No-treatment control

Assessment only control condition

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Anger Awareness and Expression

Teaches patients to recognize, experience, and express emotions

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Relaxation Training

Teaches patients relaxation training

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Undergraduate students at Wayne State University who have chronic headaches

Exclusion Criteria

* Insufficiently frequent headaches
* Uninterested in engaging in a stress management intervention
* Headaches appear due to substance use or head trauma
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Wayne State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mark A. Lumley

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mark A. Lumley, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Wayne State University

Locations

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Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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WSU0000001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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