Open AccessTreatment effects on pain catastrophizing and cutaneous allodynia symptoms in women with migraine and overweight/obesity.
Author(s) -
Samantha G. Farris,
J. Graham Thomas,
Mindy M. Kibbey,
Jelena Pavlović,
Kristine J. Steffen,
Dale S. Bond
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
health psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.548
H-Index - 164
eISSN - 1930-7810
pISSN - 0278-6133
DOI - 10.1037/hea0000920
Subject(s) - allodynia , migraine , pain catastrophizing , medicine , overweight , weight loss , physical therapy , randomized controlled trial , obesity , chronic pain , psychology , hyperalgesia , anesthesia , nociception , receptor
Pain catastrophizing and cutaneous allodynia represent two risk factors for greater headache-related disability. Yet, there is limited knowledge of the extent to which these risk factors are modifiable and whether nonpharmacological treatment-related changes are associated with migraine improvements. Using data from the Women's Health and Migraine (WHAM) study, a randomized controlled trial that compared effects of behavioral weight loss (BWL) and migraine education (ME) in women with migraine and overweight/obesity, we tested whether: (a) BWL versus ME produced greater changes in pain catastrophizing and allodynia from baseline across posttreatment and follow-up time points, and (b) whether these improvements were associated with improvements in headache disability.