Comparison of the effectiveness of tDCS, ACT and their combined effect on negative emotion, impulsiveness, perceived stress, cortisol? and estrogen levels in patients with migraine
- Conditions
- Migraine headaches.
- Registration Number
- IRCT20220511054824N1
- Lead Sponsor
- Islamic Azad University
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Taking confirmed diagnosis of migraine, signing the written consent, Proficiency in Persian language, having access to the Internet and the Skype software (for groups taking the ACT course), being between the ages of 20 and 40, having no other effective physical or psychological conditions, and not undergoing drug and other treatments
Receiving another treatment during the intervention, having a history of a serious medical or neurological disorder (for participants who received tDCS), such as multiple sclerosis, brain injury or tumors, Parkinson’s disease, seizures, dementia, brain stroke or any kind of heart disease, Huntington’s chorea, having cardiac pacemaker, having any metal objects in or near the head, and implanted medication pumps which would increase the risk of tDCS
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method egative emotion, impulsiveness, perceived stress, blood cortisol and estrogen levels. Timepoint: Before the start of the intervention, after the end of the intervention and three months after the end of the intervention. Method of measurement: Positive and negative affect scale (PANAS), Barratt impulsiveness scale (BIS), Perceived stress scale (PSS), Blood test to measure cortisol and estrogen levels.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method