From research to clinical practice: a systematic review of the implementation of psychological interventions for chronic headache in adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological interventions have been proved to be effective in chronic headache (CH) in adults. Nevertheless, no data exist about their actual implementation into standard clinical settings. We aimed at critically depicting the current application of psychological interventions for CH into standard care exploring barriers and facilitators to their implementation. Secondarily, main outcomes of the most recent psychological interventions for CH in adults have been summarized.

Methods

We conducted a systematic review through PubMed and PsycINFO in the time range 2008-2018. A quality analysis according to the QATSDD tool and a narrative synthesis were performed. We integrated results by: contacting the corresponding author of each paper; exploring the website of the

SUBMITTER: Perlini C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7247180 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature