Investigation of efficacy of ear piercings located at the crus of the helix in adults with migraine

Recruiting

Conditions: G43
Migraine

Registration Number: DRKS00020553

Lead Sponsor: Zentralinstitut für Seelische Gesundheit, Institut für Neuropsychologie und Klinische Psychologie

Brief Summary: Not available

Detailed Description: Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status: Recruiting

Sex: All

Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Subjects who have already decided in advance to have their ear pierced bilaterally through the crus of the helix
- Diagnosis of migraine
- No or stable migraine prophylaxis
- Sufficient ability to answer questions orally and in writing
- Sufficient ability to keep a headache diary
- Written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria

- Revocation of consent
- Getting further ear piercings during the study period
- Other primary or secondary headache disease
- Severe psychiatric, neurological and internal comorbidities
- Pathology of the outer ear
- Pregnancy
- Drug abuse
- Pharmacotherapy with psychoactive substances within the past 14 days

Study & Design

Study Type: observational

Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
sing a headache diary the following data are collected and compared pre and post piercing intervention: Frequency, duration and intensity of migraine attacks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
sing questionnaires the following psychometric data are collected and compared pre and post piercing intervention:<br>- Headache-related disability (Migraine Disability Assessment)<br>- Health-related quality of life (Veterans RAND 12 Item Health Survey)<br>- Mood (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale)<br>- Catastrophizing (Pain Catastrophizing Scale)<br>- Subjective well-being (Marburg Questionnaire on Habitual Health Findings)<br>- Drug use