Coping Skills for Migraine: A 6-Month Program

NCT ID: NCT07163559

Last Updated: 2025-09-15

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 60 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2025-10-01
• Study Completion Date: 2026-07-01

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Migraine

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: DOUBLE

Study Groups

intervention group

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).

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

coping skills training

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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).

control group

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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).

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

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.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 65 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Hacettepe University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Etkin Bagi

Msc Occupational Therapist

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Hacettepe University

Ankara, Altındağ, Turkey (Türkiye)

Countries

Turkey (Türkiye)

Other Identifiers

HU-ERG-EB-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id