Improving the Patient Experience With Migraine Camp, a One-Day Group Intervention for Adolescents With Chronic Headache and Their Parents.

ABSTRACT: Though chronic migraine is actually common in adolescents, living with constant headache can be isolating for both patients and their families. As an outgrowth of clinical care, we developed the Miles for Migraine Youth Camp, a recurring 1-day event for adolescents with chronic headache and their parents. Migraine Camp was developed to provide expanded headache education, teach coping strategies for living with chronic pain, and encourage development of a supportive community for adolescents living with chronic headache disorders and their families. The creation and curriculum of the Camps at the University of California San Francisco and Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are described in this manuscript, along with patient and caregiver feedback. Overall, feedback was positive. Teens re

SUBMITTER: Hall AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7316641 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature