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Group education on headache evaluation and lifestyle management has potential as an effective, low-cost intervention for treatment of chronic headaches among adolescents, according to a recent study. This retrospective chart review study evaluated a group education program for 155 adolescents, aged 12-17 years, enrolled in the US military medical system with at least 3 months of chronic headaches and who were referred to a headache evaluation clinic. The primary outcome of the study was self-reported number of days with a headache in the previous 30 days based on patient recall. Researchers found:
- Most participants in the program were female (114/155 [73.5%]) and suffered from migraine headaches (108/155 [69.8%]).
- Severe headache-related disability was reported by 40.6% of subjects (63/155).
- Subjects reported an average of 19 days with headache during the previous 30 days.
- Participation in the group education was associated with an 11.5-day decrease in the frequency of headaches during the previous 30 days at follow-up at least 6 months after the class, with largest decline seen in patients with the highest level of migraine-related disability at baseline.
Group education and multidisciplinary management for chronic headaches among adolescents in a military treatment facility: A retrospective chart review. [Published online ahead of print February 7, 2018]. Headache. doi:10.1111/head.13274.
Group education on headache evaluation and lifestyle management has potential as an effective, low-cost intervention for treatment of chronic headaches among adolescents, according to a recent study. This retrospective chart review study evaluated a group education program for 155 adolescents, aged 12-17 years, enrolled in the US military medical system with at least 3 months of chronic headaches and who were referred to a headache evaluation clinic. The primary outcome of the study was self-reported number of days with a headache in the previous 30 days based on patient recall. Researchers found:
- Most participants in the program were female (114/155 [73.5%]) and suffered from migraine headaches (108/155 [69.8%]).
- Severe headache-related disability was reported by 40.6% of subjects (63/155).
- Subjects reported an average of 19 days with headache during the previous 30 days.
- Participation in the group education was associated with an 11.5-day decrease in the frequency of headaches during the previous 30 days at follow-up at least 6 months after the class, with largest decline seen in patients with the highest level of migraine-related disability at baseline.
Group education and multidisciplinary management for chronic headaches among adolescents in a military treatment facility: A retrospective chart review. [Published online ahead of print February 7, 2018]. Headache. doi:10.1111/head.13274.
Group education on headache evaluation and lifestyle management has potential as an effective, low-cost intervention for treatment of chronic headaches among adolescents, according to a recent study. This retrospective chart review study evaluated a group education program for 155 adolescents, aged 12-17 years, enrolled in the US military medical system with at least 3 months of chronic headaches and who were referred to a headache evaluation clinic. The primary outcome of the study was self-reported number of days with a headache in the previous 30 days based on patient recall. Researchers found:
- Most participants in the program were female (114/155 [73.5%]) and suffered from migraine headaches (108/155 [69.8%]).
- Severe headache-related disability was reported by 40.6% of subjects (63/155).
- Subjects reported an average of 19 days with headache during the previous 30 days.
- Participation in the group education was associated with an 11.5-day decrease in the frequency of headaches during the previous 30 days at follow-up at least 6 months after the class, with largest decline seen in patients with the highest level of migraine-related disability at baseline.
Group education and multidisciplinary management for chronic headaches among adolescents in a military treatment facility: A retrospective chart review. [Published online ahead of print February 7, 2018]. Headache. doi:10.1111/head.13274.