Breathing Techniques, Migraine Headaches
Conditions
Brief summary
Background: Migraine is a very common neurobiological disorder caused by increased excitability of the Central Nervous System. It is among the causes of the highest morbidity worldwide. Migraine has considerable economic and social impact ; affects the quality of life of patients and disrupts work life, social activities and family life. To decrease the frequency and severity of migraine attacks may be the first goal than treating the attacks. The study was designed as a Parallel Group, Add on, Randomized Controlled Experiment in order to observe the effects of breathing techniques on migraine-like headaches, frequency and severity. Methods: Participants will be divided into 2 parallel arms, intervention and control (treatment as usual). Cluster randomization will be performed to prevent intergroup contamination. Breathing techniques will be taught to the intervention group by the researcher. Both groups will continue to use pharmacotherapy for migraine. Both groups will be evaluated with migraine disability level (MIDAS) at the beginning and end of the study. The primary output of the study is to evaluate the effect of breathing techniques on the frequency and severity of attacks in migraine-like headaches. The secondary output is to evaluate the effect of breathing techniques on the MIDAS level. Discussion: The results of the study will provide information about the effect of breathing techniques on migraine-like headaches. The results of this study will contribute to the literature, since migraine is among the chronic diseases and pharmacotherapy options are limited.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALbreathing techniques
Intervention will be daily use of breathing techniques thought by the researcher as explained in detail in arm/group descriptions
Sponsors
Dokuz Eylul University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Subject)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 50 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Are 18-50 Age * Have a computer and/or smart phone * Have an internet connection that can be used at home and at work (with a computer or smart phone) * Are volunteer to participate in the research * Have Frequency of attacks less than 3 months * Fulfil diagnostic criteria of migraine like headaches
Exclusion criteria
* Severe anatomical defect in the airway * Pregnancy * Having any diagnosed psychiatric disease * Using psychiatric medication * Having speech and hearing problems * Having any chronic disease which may be worsening by taking deep breath
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Determining effects of breathing techniques on migraine like headaches frequency and intensity with migraine disability assessment (MIDAS) questionnaire. | Three months | The MIDAS is a self-administered tool to assess migraine-related disability over the previous 3 months . The questionnaire comprises seven questions in total. Three questions assess the number of missed days due to headache. Two questions assess the number of additional days with limited productivity. The total MIDAS score is the sum of the days given as response to these five questions. The total score ranges from 0 to 90 and is used to categorize patients in disability grades I to IV. A higher score means more severe disability.Two additional questions measure headache frequency and average pain intensity. Frequency is noted as the number of days in the previous 3 months on which the patient experienced migraine. Intensity is noted as the average pain intensity of these episodes on a scale of 1-10. These two items are not taken into account when estimating the total MIDAS score. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Determining effects of breathing techniques to migraine disability assessment (MIDAS) scores of migraine patients. | Three months | The MIDAS is a self-administered tool to assess migraine-related disability over the previous 3 months . The questionnaire comprises seven questions in total. Three questions assess the number of missed days due to headache. Two questions assess the number of additional days with limited productivity. The total MIDAS score is the sum of the days given as response to these five questions. The total score ranges from 0 to 90 and is used to categorize patients in disability grades I to IV. A higher score means more severe disability.Two additional questions measure headache frequency and average pain intensity. Frequency is noted as the number of days in the previous 3 months on which the patient experienced migraine. Intensity is noted as the average pain intensity of these episodes on a scale of 1-10. These two items are not taken into account when estimating the total MIDAS score. |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed