ArticleHeadache2017
Importance of Pain Acceptance in Relation to Headache Disability and Pain Interference in Women With Migraine and Overweight/Obesity.
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- The Association of Changes in Pain Acceptance and Headache-Related Disability.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2019Trial
- Neural correlates of pain acceptance and the role of the cerebellum: Functional connectivity and anatomical differences in individuals with headaches versus matched controls.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of greater occipital nerve blockade in menstrual migraine.BMC neurology · 2025Article
- Impact of Environment on Pain among the Working Poor: Making Use of Random Forest-Based Stratification Tool to Study the Socioecology of Pain Interference.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Does sexual functioning improve with migraine improvements and/or weight loss?-A post hoc analysis in the Women's Health and Migraine (WHAM) trial.Obesity science & practice · 2020Article
- Sensory processing patterns affect headache severity among adolescents with migraine.The journal of headache and pain · 2020Article
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- Acceptance, Psychiatric Symptoms, and Migraine Disability: An Observational Study in a Headache Center.Headache · 2018Observational
- Association between Body Mass Index and Migraine: A Survey of Adult Population in China.Behavioural neurology · 2018Article
- Pain Acceptance and Its Associated Factors among Cancer Patients in Mainland China: A Cross-Sectional Study.Pain research & managementArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPain acceptance involves willingness to experience pain and engaging in valued activities while pain is present. Though pain acceptance could limit both headache-related disability and pain interference in individuals with migraine, few studies have addressed this issue. This study evaluated whether higher levels of total pain acceptance and its two subcomponents, pain willingness and activity engagement, were associated with lower levels of headache-related impairment in women who had both migraine and overweight/obesity.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, participants seeking weight loss and headache relief in the Women's Health and Migraine trial completed baseline measures of pain acceptance (Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire [CPAQ]), headache-related disability (Headache Impact Test-6), and pain interference (Brief Pain Inventory). Migraine headache frequency and pain intensity were assessed daily via smartphone diary. Using CPAQ total and subcomponent (pain willingness and activity engagement) scores, headache frequency, pain intensity, and body mass index (BMI) as predictors in linear regression, headache-related disability, and pain interference were modeled as outcomes.
resultsOn average, participants (n = 126; age = 38.5 ± 8.2 years; BMI = 35.3 ± 6.6 kg/m
conclusionsHigher pain willingness, independent of degree of both migraine severity and overweight, is associated with lower headache-related disability and general pain interference in treatment-seeking women with migraine and overweight/obesity. Future studies are needed to clarify direction of causality and test whether strategies designed to help women increase pain willingness, or relinquish ineffective efforts to control pain, can improve functional outcomes in women who have migraine and overweight/obesity.
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