The investigators aimed to investigate the effect of acupuncture treatment on attack frequency, pain intensity, and disability in migraine without aura patients who receive prophylaxis treatment.
Acupuncture is a Traditional Chinese Medicine method that has been used for 3000 years to control symptoms, treat illnesses, and relieve pain. Acupuncture is widely used in many countries today as a complementary therapy, especially in cases of chronic pain. Migraine is one of the diseases in which acupuncture treatment is commonly used. Studies conducted so far have focused more on the effect of acupuncture on pain intensity in patients with migraine. Data comparing the impact of acupuncture on both the attack frequency and disability in migraine are relatively scarce.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
84
Acupuncture is a complementary therapy modality which is used by needle inserted the specific points on the body.
Rabia Rukiye Akinci
Erzurum, Turkey (Türkiye)
Monthly attack frequency
The participants will document the each migraine attack days in a month by pain free intervals of at least 48 hours.
Time frame: 3 months
Duration of attacks
Duration of the each migraine attack as hour
Time frame: 3 months
Pain severity
Pain severity during migraine attacks will be measured via visual analog scale (VAS). While 0 indicates no pain, 10 indicates the most severe pain imaginable.
Time frame: 3 months
Disability
Disability will measured via a questionnaire which is an ordinary rating scale to assess the migraine related disability of a patient with migraine. Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) will be used. Migraine Disability Assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire is an ordinary rating scale to assess the migraine related disability of a patient with migraine. It is based on responses to five questions about disability associated with headache in the last three months. MIDAS questionnaire has four point grading system. Scores ranging from 0 to 5 indicates Grade 1 (little or none disability), scores ranging from 6 to 10 indicates Grade 2 (mild disability), scores ranging from 11 to 20 indicates Grade 3 (moderate disability), and scores 21 or greater indicates Grade 4 (severe disability).
Time frame: 3 months
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