The effect of weight loss (bariatric surgery or diet therapy with exercise) on migraine charchteristics in obese patients with migraine headaches who referred to Sina hospital weight loss clinic
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Migraine headache.Migraine, unspecified
- Registration Number
- IRCT201612069157N2
- Lead Sponsor
- Iranian Center of Neurological Research, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 54
Inclusion Criteria
having more than 15 headache days per month for at least 3 months; avoiding the use of migraine prophylactic drugs in the last 4 weeks; lack of advanced disease including kidney, heart and liver disease; the absence of major depression and psychotic disorders
suffering from morbid obesity (BMI 35 range to 39/9 with co-morbidities or BMI> =40).
Exclusion criteria: lack of adherence to diet and exercise to more than 70%; taking Migraine prophylactic drugs; suffering from chronic kidney disease, heart and liver diseases, major depression and psychosis; pregnancy and unwillingness to cooperate in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Migraine severity. Timepoint: Baseline, one month and 6 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Visual Analog Scale (VAS).;Migraine headache duration. Timepoint: Baseline, one month and 6 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Migraine headache diary.;Migraine headache frequency. Timepoint: Baseline, one month and 6 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Migraine headache diary.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Amount of weight reduction. Timepoint: Baseline, 1 and 6 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: Weight scale.;Body fat percentage. Timepoint: Baseline, 1 and 6 months after the intervention. Method of measurement: BIA.