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Adolescent Lifestyle Medicine Headache Study
Sponsor: MaineHealth
Summary
The goal of this pilot clinical trial is to assess the implementation of a 7-week Lifestyle Medicine intervention for adolescents with headache. The main question it aims to answer is: Is it feasible to implement a Lifestyle Medicine curriculum for adolescents with headache and secondarily, does this intervention show any signal for improving headache symptoms? Participants will be divided into two groups based on the order of their enrollment. After consent, they will be asked to complete 3 symptom surveys: PedMIDAS-6w, PHQ-A and GAD-7, in addition to a Lifestyle Survey. They will attend group medicine visits virtually, facilitated by the study team. Each week will address a different tenant of Lifestyle Medicine (such as eating or sleep) and participants will create a SMART goal to work on for the week. At the end of the seven weeks, they will repeat these symptom and lifestyle surveys. During the seven weeks, they will also keep a daily symptom diary, which will be texted to their phones through a HIPPA-compliant RedCAP database.
Official title: Investigating Lifestyle Medicine Interventions for Adolescent Headache Relief
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
14 Years - 18 Years
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
50
Start Date
2026-03
Completion Date
2026-12
Last Updated
2026-01-28
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Lifestyle Medicine Group Medical Visits
Participants will attend a virtual, one-hour weekly lifestyle medicine group session with their peers for 7 weeks. Each session will address one pillar of Lifestyle Medicine: restorative sleep, healthy eating, stress management, physical activity, avoiding risky substances, and positive social connection. During each session, study team members will provide a short presentation of key components of that lifestyle intervention and meet with participants in small groups to discuss goals related to that pillar (i.e. eat 2 more vegetables a day for five days). During the course of these 7 weeks, participants will also keep a virtual daily headache journal; a link to this journal will be sent through an automated text with a HIPPA-compliant REDCap database. This will be sent daily at 5 pm.