Integrated Care for Migraine and Chronic Tension-type Headaches

NCT ID: NCT03503734

Last Updated: 2018-04-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

158 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-08-18

Study Completion Date

2014-01-30

Brief Summary

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Chronic headache is among the most common neurological disorders with major physical, psychological, social and economic impact. The aim of this prospective observational study isto investigate the effects of an interdisciplinary multimodal integrated care program in patients with chronic migraine and/or tension-type headache.

158 patients with chronic migraine or tensions-type headache at least five days per month for at least 6 months and current intake of triptans (migraine) or analgesic drugs (tension-type headache) are eligible. Patients undergo inpatient, outpatient and/or semi-stationary treatment including conventional headache diagnostics and therapy as well as traditional Chinese medicine, European naturopathy, and mind-body-medicine approaches. Headache frequency is defined as the primary outcome; secondary outcomes include pain (visual analog scale, Pain Perception Scale), triptans and analgesics use (headache diary), health-related quality of life (SF-36), function (Headache Disability Inventory, Patient-specific Functional Scale), depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), and pain self-efficacy (Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire). Outcomes are assessed at treatment start, treatment end and 6 months after treatment end.

Detailed Description

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Chronic headache is among the most common neurological disorders with major physical, psychological, social and economic impact. The aim of this prospective observational study isto investigate the effects of an interdisciplinary multimodal integrated care program in patients with chronic migraine and/or tension-type headache.

158 patients with chronic migraine or tensions-type headache at least five days per month for at least 6 months and current intake of triptans (migraine) or analgesic drugs (tension-type headache) are eligible. Patients undergo inpatient, outpatient and/or semi-stationary treatment including conventional headache diagnostics and therapy as well as traditional Chinese medicine, European naturopathy, and mind-body-medicine approaches. Headache frequency is defined as the primary outcome; secondary outcomes include pain (visual analog scale, Pain Perception Scale), triptans and analgesics use (headache diary), health-related quality of life (SF-36), function (Headache Disability Inventory, Patient-specific Functional Scale), depression and anxiety (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale), and pain self-efficacy (Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire). Outcomes are assessed at treatment start, treatment end and 6 months after treatment end.

Conditions

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Chronic Headache

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Integrated headache care

The treatment can be realized on an inpatient, outpatient and/or day care basis, according to the severity level of illness and comorbidities.

The inpatient treatment takes place at the Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine. The stay is slated for 14 days.

Day care can follow the inpatient stay or can be applied as sole therapy. As part of the standard care provided at the Department for Internal and Integrative Medicine, it occurs at a semi-residential clinic for 6 hours once a week over a total of 10 weeks.

The outpatient treatment is delivered in the Department's outpatient ward. It consists of acupuncture, cupping, hydrotherapy and massages as well as nutritional counseling. The patients can additionally be offered one-to-one mind-body-medicine interventions.

Integrated headache care

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The treatment can be realized on an inpatient, outpatient and/or day care basis, according to the severity level of illness and comorbidities.

The inpatient treatment takes place at the Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine. The stay is slated for 14 days.

Day care can follow the inpatient stay or can be applied as sole therapy. As part of the standard care provided at the Department for Internal and Integrative Medicine, it occurs at a semi-residential clinic for 6 hours once a week over a total of 10 weeks.

The outpatient treatment is delivered in the Department's outpatient ward. It consists of acupuncture, cupping, hydrotherapy and massages as well as nutritional counseling. The patients can additionally be offered one-to-one mind-body-medicine interventions.

Interventions

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Integrated headache care

The treatment can be realized on an inpatient, outpatient and/or day care basis, according to the severity level of illness and comorbidities.

The inpatient treatment takes place at the Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine. The stay is slated for 14 days.

Day care can follow the inpatient stay or can be applied as sole therapy. As part of the standard care provided at the Department for Internal and Integrative Medicine, it occurs at a semi-residential clinic for 6 hours once a week over a total of 10 weeks.

The outpatient treatment is delivered in the Department's outpatient ward. It consists of acupuncture, cupping, hydrotherapy and massages as well as nutritional counseling. The patients can additionally be offered one-to-one mind-body-medicine interventions.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

headache at least five days per month for at least 6 months current intake of a) at least 10 triptans per month or b) analgesic drugs that can themselves elicit headache
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Universität Duisburg-Essen

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Holger Cramer

Research Director

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Department of Internal and Integrative Medicine, Kliniken Essen-Mitte, Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Site Status

Countries

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Germany

Other Identifiers

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11-4749

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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