Placebo-controlled evaluation of abbreviated progressive muscle relaxation and of relaxation combined with cognitive therapy in the treatment of tension headache.
J Consult Clin Psychol
; 58(2): 210-5, 1990 Apr.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-2186066
ABSTRACT
Sixty-six tension headache patients were randomly assigned to one of four conditions for 8 weeks (a) progressive muscle relaxation (PMR) alone; (b) PMR plus cognitive therapy (PMR + Cog); (c) pseudomeditation, a credible attention-placebo control; or (d) continued headache monitoring. A comparison of overall headache activity (headache index), derived from a daily headache diary, for 4 weeks before treatment to 4 weeks after treatment, revealed that active treatment (PMR and PMR + Cog) was superior to either control condition. Moreover, level of headache medication consumption decreased significantly for the active treatment groups. Although headache-index comparisons of the two active treatments showed no advantage for adding cognitive therapy to PMR, a measure of clinically significant change showed a trend for PMR + Cog to be superior to PMR alone.
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Pesquisa_clinica
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Terapia Cognitivo-Comportamental
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Cefaleia
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Contração Muscular
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Relaxamento Muscular
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Guideline
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Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1990
Tipo de documento:
Article