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ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2020

Fear, Avoidance, and Disability in Headache Disorders.

Daniel G Rogers, Tracy A Protti, Todd A Smitherman

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Review in Current pain and headache reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.4field-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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel G RogersDepartment of Psychology, University of Mississippi, 207 Peabody, Oxford, MS, 38677, USA.
Tracy A ProttiDepartment of Psychology, University of Mississippi, 207 Peabody, Oxford, MS, 38677, USA.
Todd A SmithermanDepartment of Psychology, University of Mississippi, 207 Peabody, Oxford, MS, 38677, USA. tasmithe@olemiss.edu.
University of Mississippi · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purpose of reviewThe purpose of this review is to summarize the role of avoidance behavior in headache-related disability and overview relevant clinical implications. RECENT

findingsAvoidance occupies a central role in contemporary psychological perspectives on headache disorders and other chronic pain conditions. Several cognitive constructs of relevance to headache are influenced and maintained by avoidance behavior. A growing body of literature attests to the notion that avoidance of headache triggers, of stimuli that exacerbate headache, and of broader life domains can negatively affect headache progression, disability/quality of life, and comorbid psychiatric symptoms. Interventions targeting avoidance behavior, such as therapeutic exposure to headache triggers, mindfulness, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), hold promise for headache disorders but need to be tested in larger trials. Researchers and clinicians are encouraged to attend to functional impairment as a critically important treatment outcome. Comprehensive understanding of headache disorders necessitates attention not merely to diagnostic symptoms and their reduction, but to patterns of avoidance behavior that inadvertently exacerbate headache and contribute to functional impairment.

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Avoidance LearningAcceptance and Commitment TherapyCatastrophizationDental AnxietyFearHeadache DisordersHumansImplosive TherapyMindfulnessModels, PsychologicalQuality of LifeAvoidanceDisabilityExposureFear of painHeadacheMigraine

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