Migraine Efficacy of acupuncture for migraine Adverse events from acupuncture treatment Cost of acupuncture treatment Migraine Acupuncture Economics
Conditions
Interventions
Investigators in each site give acupuncture treatment to participants twice a week for total of 5 sessions. The methods of acupuncture treatment and acupoints used are the same in every participants.,
Experimental Procedure/Surgery,Active Comparator Procedure/Surgery
Sponsors
Department for Development of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine, Ministry of Public Health
Faculty of Medicine Chulalongkorn University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Participants had history of headache for at least 1 year, and had frequency of headache at least 2 times per month. 2. Participants have fulfilled the criteria of migraine disease according to the International Classification of Headache (ICH 2013), both migraine with aura, migraine without aura and chronic migraine. 3. Participants can read Thai language and sign inform consent.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Having been treated with acupuncture for headache during the last 3 months 2. Pregnancy 3. Presentation of severe underlying disease 4. Bleeding tendency 5. Skin infection in the acupoints area 6. Psychosis i.e. schizophrenia
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Average per subject reduction in migraine days/4 weeks Baseline and 4 weeks after treatment Headache diary (days) | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Headache intensity Baseline, at visit 5th, visit 10th and 4 weeks after treatment Average of the Numeric Pain Rating Scale each migraine attack, scale of 0-10, from headache diary,Acute Migraine Medication Use Baseline, at visit 5th, visit 10th and 4 weeks after treatment Total amount and type of medication use from headache diary,Quality of Life Baseline, at visit 5th, visit 10th and 4 weeks after treatment EQ-5D-5L questionnaire,Migraine Disability Assessment Baseline and three months after the last treatment The MIDAS (Migraine Disability Assessment) questionnaire ,Proportion of responders Comparing baseline and 4 weeks after treatment of the two groups Proportion of participants who have at least 50% reduction in migraine days of the two groups.,Related Adverse Events from acupuncture Every treatment session Details of adverse events from headache diary and interviewing | — |
Contacts
Public ContactThanan Supasiri
King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Outcome results
None listed