Stress Management for Chronic Headaches

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Headaches
• Interventions: Behavioral: Anger Awareness and Expression; Behavioral: Relaxation Training

• Registration Number: NCT00956969
• Lead Sponsor: Wayne State University

Brief Summary

This interventional, randomized controlled study seeks to test the effects of a novel emotional awareness and expression intervention against relaxation training or no intervention for college students with chronic headaches. These two interventions are conceptually quite distinct, as the former seeks to activate and process anger, whereas the latter, more commonly used technique, seeks to suppress or avoid it.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2009-08-10
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-08-10
• Study First Posted: 2009-08-11
• Study Start: 2009-09
• Primary Completion: 2011-05
• Study Completion: 2011-05
• Status Verified: 2013-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-06-13
• Last Update Posted: 2013-06-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 147

Inclusion Criteria

• Undergraduate students at Wayne State University who have chronic headaches

Exclusion Criteria

• Insufficiently frequent headaches
• Uninterested in engaging in a stress management intervention
• Headaches appear due to substance use or head trauma

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Anger awareness and expression	Anger Awareness and Expression	Training for anger awareness and expression
Relaxation Training	Relaxation Training	Teach patients relaxation training

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Headache frequency and severity	baseline, 6-weeks, 6-months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Headache disability	baseline, 6-weeks, 6-months
Mood, self-efficacy, stress symptoms	baseline and 6-weeks

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Wayne State University; 🇺🇸 Detroit, Michigan, United States