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Trial reportJournal of neurology2015

A pilot study of cognitive behavioural therapy and relaxation for migraine headache: a randomised controlled trial.

S Cousins, L Ridsdale, L H Goldstein, A J Noble, S Moorey, P Seed

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of neurology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 9 pooled it
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Psychological therapies for the prevention of migraine in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  13. Cognition and Pain: A Review.Frontiers in psychology · 2021
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

S CousinsKings College London, Denmark Hill Campus, PO57, SE5 8AF, London, UK.
L RidsdaleKings College London, Denmark Hill Campus, PO57, SE5 8AF, London, UK. leone.ridsdale@kcl.ac.uk.
L H GoldsteinKings College London, Denmark Hill Campus, PO57, SE5 8AF, London, UK.
A J NobleUniversity of Liverpool, Merseyside, UK.
S MooreyKings College London, Denmark Hill Campus, PO57, SE5 8AF, London, UK.
P SeedKings College London, Denmark Hill Campus, PO57, SE5 8AF, London, UK.
King's College London · GBUniversity of Liverpool · GB

Funding

Department of Health PB-PG-0610-22373
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Headache is being viewed more commonly in a biopsychosocial framework, which introduces the possible utilisation of psychological treatment options, such as cognitive behavioural therapy and relaxation. No such treatments have been trialled in the UK. We conducted a randomised controlled pilot trial, comparing a brief guided self-help CBT and relaxation treatment with standard medical care (SMC), in a UK NHS setting. Participants were recruited from specialist headache clinics across London. Participants were randomised to receive either treatment or standard medical care. Our objective was to provide design information necessary for a future definitive trial of the SHE treatment, including, recruitment/retention rates, acceptability of randomisation, treatment fidelity and estimations of mean and variances of outcome measures. From the initial 275 patients identified, 73 were randomised. There was no difference in drop-out rates between SMC and treatment groups. Of the 36 participants randomised to receive treatment, 72% attended all sessions. Findings show that a future definitive trial of the SHE treatment is feasible, with small modifications of protocol, within a UK NHS context.

Indexed as

Outcome Assessment, Health CareAdultAgedCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedMigraine DisordersPilot ProjectsRelaxation TherapyYoung AdultCognitive behavioural therapyHeadacheMigraineRelaxation

Identifiers

PMID26477023
PMCPMC4655008
OpenAlexW1926787240

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