Protocol and methods for testing the efficacy of well-being therapy in chronic migraine patients: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic migraine is a chronic medical condition associated with resistance to pharmacological treatment and poor benefits from the psychological interventions studied to date, including acceptance and commitment therapy or mindfulness. This manuscript describes the rationale and methods for a pilot feasibility study designed to (1) establish and (2) evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of research procedures and interventions to investigate whether well-being therapy improves outcomes relative to a control condition.

Methods

The current intervention will use a randomized controlled trial design, wherein 30 outpatients with chronic migraine will be randomized (1:1) to well-being therapy (n = 15) or to a control condition (n = 15). Primary outcomes include the

SUBMITTER: Mansueto G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6192307 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature