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SynthesisThe journal of headache and pain2019

Efficacy of psychological treatment for headache disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Hye Jeong Lee, Jin Hyeok Lee, Eun Young Cho, Sun Mi Kim, Seoyoung Yoon

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Synthesis in The journal of headache and pain, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Headaches treatment with EMG biofeedback: a focused systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023
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  14. Real-world application of Short Term Psychodynamic Psychotherapy (STPP) as chronic migraine preventive therapy: Profiling responders and predictive factors.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Hye Jeong LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Catholic university of Daegu, School of Medicine, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Jin Hyeok LeeDepartment of Psychiatry, Catholic university of Daegu, School of Medicine, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea.
Eun Young ChoDepartment of Biostatistics, Korea University Graduate School, Seoul, South Korea.
Sun Mi KimDepartment of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University, Seoul, South Korea.
Seoyoung YoonDepartment of Psychiatry, Catholic university of Daegu, School of Medicine, 33, Duryugongwon-ro 17-gil, Nam-gu, Daegu, Republic of Korea. syyoon@cu.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1845-7722
Daegu Catholic University · KRChung-Ang University · KRKorea University · KR

Funding

Korea Health Industry Development Institute HC17C0117
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundHeadache disorder is not only a common complaint but also a global burden. Pharmacotherapeutic and non-pharmacotherapeutic approaches have been developed for its treatment and prophylaxis. The present study included a systematic review of psychological treatments for primary headache disorder accessible in Korea.

methodsWe included English and Korean articles from EMBASE, MEDLINE, Cochrane library database, SCOPUS, ScienceDirect, Web of Science, CINAHL, PsycArticles and Korean database, KoreaMed and KMBASE which studied primary headache and medication-overuse headache. The primary efficacy measure was the number of headache days per month, while secondary efficacy measures were the number of headache attacks per week, headache index, treatment response rate, and migraine disability assessment. The meta-analysis was performed using R 3.5.1. to obtain pooled mean difference and pooled relative risk with 95% confidence interval (CI) for continuous data and dichotomous data, respectively.

resultsFrom 12,773 identified articles, 27 randomized clinical trials were identified. Primary outcome showed significant superiority of psychological treatments (pooled mean difference = - 0.70, 95% CI [- 1.22, - 0.18]). For the secondary outcomes, the number of headache attacks (pooled mean difference = - 1.15, 95% CI [- 1.63, - 0.67]), the headache index (pooled mean difference = - 0.92, 95% CI [- 1.40 to - 0.44]) and the treatment response rate (pooled relative risk = 3.13, 95% CI [2.24, 4.37]) demonstrated significant improvements in the psychological treatment group over the control group.

conclusionPsychological treatments for primary headache disorder reduced headache frequency and the headache index. Future research using standardized outcome measures and strategies for reducing bias is needed.

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PsychotherapyHeadache Disorders, PrimaryHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTreatment OutcomeAbbreviationsBehavior therapyBFT biofeedbackBiofeedbackCBT Cognitive behavior therapyCognitive therapyHeadache disordersMBT mindfulness-based treatment; RCTs, randomized controlled trials; MIDAS, migraine disability assessmentMeta-analysisMindfulnessNICE National Institute for Health and Care ExcellenceSD standard deviations; RR, relative risk

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