Home- versus clinic-based treatment of vascular headache

• Published in: Journal of consulting and clinical psychology Vol. 51; no. 5; pp. 743 - 751
• Main Author: Jurish, Susan E
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Psychological Association 01-10-1983
• Subjects: Adult; Biofeedback Training; Biofeedback, Psychology; Biological and medical sciences; Clinics; Female; Headache; Home Visiting Programs; Human; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Migraine Disorders - therapy; Muscle Relaxation; Professional-Patient Relations; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Relaxation Therapy; Relaxation. Biofeedback. Hypnosis. Selfregulation. Meditation; Social Environment; Treatments; Vascular Headaches - therapy; Human; Headache; Relaxation; Treatment; At home; Cardiovascular disease; Biofeedback
• ISSN: 0022-006X; 1939-2117
• DOI: 10.1037/0022-006X.51.5.743

Contrasted the efficacy of a traditional clinic-based relaxation training and thermal biofeedback treatment to a comparable home-based program with minimal therapist contact in the treatment of 40 vascular-headache sufferers (mean age 37 yrs). The home-based condition was at least as efficacious as the clinic-based treatment in terms of reduction of headache intensity and frequency and medication usage, and was clearly more cost-effective. Findings suggest that a minimal-therapist-contact condition may be a viable, low-cost alternative to more expensive clinic-based programs in the treatment of vascular headache. (14 ref)