Efficacy of psychological treatment for headache disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Headache disorder is not only a common complaint but also a global burden. Pharmacotherapeutic and non-pharmacotherapeutic approaches have been developed for its treatment and prophylaxis. The present study included a systematic review of psychological treatments for primary headache disorder accessible in Korea.

Methods

We included English and Korean articles from EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane library database, SCOPUS, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycArticles and Korean database, KoreaMed and KMBASE which studied primary headache and medication-overuse headache. The primary efficacy measure was the number of headache days per month, while secondary efficacy measures were the number of headache attacks per week, headache index, treatment response rate, and

SUBMITTER: Lee HJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6734438 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature