An interventional study of Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR and Psychoeducation in Migraine, sponsored by University Hospital Freiburg. Completed at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2011-08-15.
Sponsored by University Hospital Freiburg · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
Patients suffering from migraine will be randomly allocated to one of two different behavioral interventions:
Sixty patients suffering from migraine will be randomly allocated to one of two different behavioral interventions: (i) mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) an eight week intervention program based different meditation \& yoga techniques and teaching information regarding the relationship between stress and health. or (ii) into an active control group teaching three times within eight weeks relaxation techniques (progressive muscle relaxation PMR) and giving psychoeducation on migraine. The investigator will measure the frequency and intensity of migraine attacks before during and after the intervention by headache diaries as well as secondary variables on pain sensation, psychological well being, generic quality of life, pain regulation, pain acceptance, mindfulness, compliance and satisfaction with the intervention. The hypothesis is that patients allocated to the MBSR intervention will reduce the frequency of their migraine attacks compared to the active control group and compared to their own baseline.
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Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: 8 weeks behavioral structured group programme teaching mindfulness skills
Behavioral: Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction MBSR
Psychoeducation on Migraine, Progressive Muscle Relaxation PMR, three group meetings within 8 weeks, daily home work
Behavioral: Psychoeducation
Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction: 8 weeks behavioral structured group programme teaching mindfulness skills
Psychoeducation on Migraine, Progressive Muscle Relaxation PMR, three group meetings within 8 weeks, daily home work
number of days suffering from migraine-type headache per month to be determined by a headache diary
Time frame: one month
pain sensation scale (Schmerzempfindungsskala)
Time frame: at post intervention
Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI)
Time frame: post intervention
Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory (FMI)
Time frame: post intervention
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