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ArticleBrain sciences2023

The Be-Home Kids Program: An Integrated Approach for Delivering Behavioral Therapies to Adolescents with Episodic and Chronic Migraine.

Licia Grazzi, Danilo Antonio Montisano, Alberto Raggi, Paul Rizzoli

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Article in Brain sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Telemedicine for headache disorders in real-world practice: from patient experience to health system impact.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2026
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  2. Multimodal digital health treatments for Chronic Migraine associated with Medication Overuse Headache: a literature appraisal and results of a single-arm open trial (the BE-HOME program).Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Licia GrazziSC Neuroalgologia-Centro Cefalee, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6535-1109
Danilo Antonio MontisanoSC Neuroalgologia-Centro Cefalee, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4834-2045
Alberto RaggiSC Neurologia Salute Pubblica e Disabilità, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, 20133 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-7433-7779
Paul RizzoliJohn Graham Headache Center, Brigham & Women's Faulkner Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7278-3110
Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta · ITHarvard University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Migraine disorders are common in populations of children and adolescents. There are different pharmacological treatments for migraine in young patients, but none have specific indications, and doubts about their efficacy exist. The feasibility and effectiveness of behavioral approaches have already been documented in clinical experiences, and they are generally associated with fewer or no unpleasant effects. Among them, mindfulness practice offers a suitable alternative to other adolescent treatments. We present the results of a pilot study, the Be-Home Kids program, performed during the COVID-19 emergency. It was delivered by web and included education on drug use, lifestyle issues, and six sessions of mindfulness-based behavioral practice. We assessed headache frequency, medication intake, and other psychological variables and followed twenty-one adolescents with chronic or high-frequency episodic migraine without aura for 12 months. Results indicated an overall clinical improvement, particularly a 64% reduction in headache frequency over 12 months. In conclusion, our results indicate that a combined treatment which includes patients' education and six sessions of mindfulness-based practice delivered over the web, can be of great support in reducing headache frequency, medication intake, and the associated psychological burden disability in adolescent migraine patients.

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adolescentsbehavioral approacheschronic migraineepisodic migrainemindfulnesspreventive treatmentsweb-based

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PMID37190664
PMCPMC10136951
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