Stress Management for Chronic Headaches

Wayne State University147 enrolled

Overview

This interventional, randomized controlled study seeks to test the effects of a novel emotional awareness and expression intervention against relaxation training or no intervention for college students with chronic headaches. These two interventions are conceptually quite distinct, as the former seeks to activate and process anger, whereas the latter, more commonly used technique, seeks to suppress or avoid it.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

147

Conditions

Headaches

Interventions

Anger Awareness and ExpressionBEHAVIORAL

Teaches patients to recognize, experience, and express emotions

Relaxation TrainingBEHAVIORAL

Teaches patients relaxation training

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 60 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Undergraduate students at Wayne State University who have chronic headaches Exclusion Criteria: * Insufficiently frequent headaches * Uninterested in engaging in a stress management intervention * Headaches appear due to substance use or head trauma

Locations (1)

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Headache frequency and severity

Time frame: baseline, 6-weeks, 6-months

Secondary Outcomes

Headache disability

Time frame: baseline, 6-weeks, 6-months

Mood, self-efficacy, stress symptoms

Time frame: baseline and 6-weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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