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SynthesisJournal of neurology2016

Psychological interventions for migraine: a systematic review.

Andrew Sullivan, Sian Cousins, Leone Ridsdale

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Journal of neurology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03701477 (Evaluation of the Efficacy of Trans-diagnostic Cognitive-behavioral Therapy on Controlling and Reducing Headache and Associated Symptoms Among Migrainous Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 40 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 5 pooled it
8.4field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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.

NCT03701477 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2018, after this paper: background citation

Evaluation of the Efficacy of Trans-diagnostic Cognitive-behavioral Therapy on Controlling and Reducing Headache and Associated Symptoms Among Migrainous Patients

TypeinterventionalSponsorIsfahan University of Medical SciencesRan2018 to 2019Enrolled20ConditionsMigraineArmsTrans-diagnostic cognitive-behavioral therapy, General relaxation/stress management therapeutic session
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

40 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 72 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Psychological therapies for the prevention of migraine in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019
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  17. Somatic amplification and addiction profile as risk factors for medication overuse headache with chronic migraine.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Andrew SullivanKing's College London, Denmark Hill Campus, PO57, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Sian CousinsKing's College London, Denmark Hill Campus, PO57, London, SE5 8AF, UK.
Leone RidsdaleKing's College London, Denmark Hill Campus, PO57, London, SE5 8AF, UK. leone.ridsdale@kcl.ac.uk.
King's College London · GB

Funding

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

Abstract

Migraine causes major health impairment and disability. Psychological interventions offer an addition to pharmacotherapy but they are not currently recommended by the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) or available in the National Health Service. We aimed to systematically review evidence on the efficacy of psychological interventions for migraine in adults. A search was done of MEDLINE, psychINFO, http://www.opengrey.eu , the meta-register of controlled trials and bibliographies. Twenty-four papers were included and rated independently by two people using the Yates scale, which has 35 points. Cochrane recommendations are that high quality reports score above the mid-point (18 points). Methods used in 17/24 papers were rated 'high quality'. However, frequently descriptions of key areas such as randomisation methods were omitted. Eighteen studies measured effects of psychological interventions on headache-related outcomes, fifteen reporting significant improvements, ranging 20-67 %. Interventions also produced improvements in psychological outcomes. Few trials measured or reported improvement in disability or quality of life. We conclude that evidence supports the efficacy of psychological interventions in migraine. Over half of the studies were from the USA, which did not provide universal health care at the time of the study, so it is difficult to generalise results to typical populations in receipt of publically funded health services. We agree with the NICE recommendation that high quality pragmatic randomised controlled trials are needed in the UK.

Indexed as

Databases as TopicHumansMigraine DisordersPsychotherapyBiofeedbackCognitive behavioural therapyHeadacheMigraineRelaxationSystematic review

Identifiers

PMID27159991
PMCPMC5110589
OpenAlexW2345672416

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