{"id":2596,"date":"2023-08-31T07:51:50","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T12:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/mindfulness\/?p=2596"},"modified":"2023-08-31T07:54:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T12:54:25","slug":"mindfulness-added-to-usual-treatment-is-more-effective-than-usual-treatment-alone-among-patients-with-chronic-migraine-or-medication-overuse-headache","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.med.virginia.edu\/mindfulness\/2023\/08\/31\/mindfulness-added-to-usual-treatment-is-more-effective-than-usual-treatment-alone-among-patients-with-chronic-migraine-or-medication-overuse-headache\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Update"},"content":{"rendered":"<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Mindfulness Added to Usual Treatment Is More Effective than Usual Treatment Alone among Patients with Chronic Migraine or Medication Overuse Headache<\/p>\n<p>Investigators in Italy studied the effect of a six-session mindfulness-based program added to treatment as usual among patients with chronic migraine or medication overuse headache (sometimes referred to as rebound headaches, these can occur from long-term regular use of medications to treat headaches).\u00a0 A total of 177 patients with chronic migraine or medication overuse headache were randomized to receive either usual treatment or a mindfulness-based intervention added to usual treatment.\u00a0 The mindfulness-based intervention consisted of six group sessions of mindfulness practice and 7-10 minutes of daily self-practice. The main outcome measure was a reduction in the frequency of headache of 50% or more after 12 months.\u00a0 Participants in the usual treatment plus mindfulness group were significantly more likely than those in the treatment as usual group alone to achieve a 50% or more reduction in headache frequency (78.4% vs. 48.3%; p &lt; 0.0001).\u00a0 They also had greater improvements in quality of life, headache impact, loss of productive time, medication intake, and healthcare costs.<\/p>\n<p>The authors concluded that a mindfulness-based program added to treatment as usual was more effective than usual treatment alone for individuals with chronic migraine or medication overuse headache.<\/p>\n<p>Grazzi L, D&#8217;Amico D, Guastafierro E, et al.\u00a0 Journal of Headache &amp; Pain. 24(1):86, 2023.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mindfulness Added to Usual Treatment Is More Effective than Usual Treatment Alone among Patients with Chronic Migraine or Medication Overuse Headache Investigators in Italy studied the effect of a six-session mindfulness-based program added to treatment as usual among patients with chronic migraine or medication overuse headache (sometimes referred to as rebound headaches, these can occur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1202,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-updates"],"acf":false,"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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