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Study on 30 Outpatients with Chronic Migraine Treated with Well-Being Therapy or with a Control Therapy
Sponsor: University of Florence
Summary
Chronic migraine is a disabling type of migraine and is often resistant to treatment. Non-pharmacological interventions have been investigated as potential treatment although, unfortunately, the literature on their efficacy is poor and showed mixed results. Well-Being Therapy (WBT) is a brief psychotherapy which has shown efficacy in decreasing the relapse rates of depression in adults, in generalized anxiety disorder and in cyclothymia. It can be implemented to empower psychological well-being. The aim of the present study is to test the efficacy of WBT in a sample of patients with chronic migraine to verify if it reduces the disability due to migraine and distress, it increases the psychological well-being as well as the level of euthymia.
Official title: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy of Well-Being Therapy Vs a Control Condition in Chronic Migraine Patients
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
18 Years - 65 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
30
Start Date
2018-10-01
Completion Date
2026-12-30
Last Updated
2025-03-27
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
Well-Being Therapy
Session 1: identifying and setting episodes of wellbeing into situational context. Session 2: identifying interfering thoughts and behaviors. Session 3: illustrating autonomy, reflecting and practicing it. Session 4: illustrating environmental mastery, reflecting and practicing it. Session 5: illustrating positive relations with others, reflecting and practicing it. Session 6: illustrating personal growth, reflecting and practicing it. Session 7: illustrating self-acceptance, reflecting and practicing it. Session 8: illustrating purpose in life, reflecting and practicing it.
Control condition
Session 1: illustrating the concept of lifestyle and well-being. Session 2 and session 3: illustrating healthy eating and steps to healthy eating. Session 4: illustrating physical exercise and how it promotes health. Session 5: illustrating smoking and tobacco and how they can damage health. Session 6: illustrating alcohol and how it can damage health. Session 7: illustrating drugs misuse and how it can damage health. Session 8: illustrating sexual health. No access to specific WBT ingredients will be allowed.
Locations (2)
Fiammetta COSCI
Florence, Florence, Italy
Centro Cefalee e Farmacologia Clinica
Florence, Italy, Italy