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A randomized control trial: the effect of guided imagery with tape and perceived happy memory on chronic tension type headache
Author(s) -
Abdoli Samereh,
Rahzani Kobra,
Safaie Marjan,
Sattari Amin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of caring sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.678
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1471-6712
pISSN - 0283-9318
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2011.00926.x
Subject(s) - randomized controlled trial , physical therapy , tension headache , medicine , guided imagery , psychology , anesthesia , psychiatry , surgery , migraine , anxiety
Scand J Caring Sci; 2012; 26; 254–261 A randomized control trial: the effect of guided imagery with tape and perceived happy memory on chronic tension type headache Purpose: To determine the effects of guided imagery techniques with tape and perceived happy memory on people with chronic tension‐type headache (CTTH). Methods: Sixty people with CTTH completed the demographic questionnaire and headache diary 1 week before the treatment, that is, for 3 weeks during the treatment and 1 week immediately after that. The people were randomly assigned into one of three different treatment groups: a Guided imagery (GI) with tape group (n = 20), a GI with perceived happy memory group (n = 20) and a control group (n = 20). In addition to individualized headache therapy, subjects listened to a guided imagery audiocassette tape or imagined the happiest personal memory three times per week for 3 weeks. It should be noted that 20 control subjects received individualized therapy without guided imagery. Results: The guided imagery groups both tape and perceived happy memory had significantly more improvement than the controls in three of the outcome measures; headache intensity, headache frequency and headache duration. There were no other significant differences between the guided imagery groups (tape and perceived happy memory) at any time point. Conclusions: Guided imagery is an effective, available and affordable nonpharmacological therapy either with tape or with perceived happy memory for the management of the CTTH.