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Differential Effects of Training in Relaxation and Stress‐Coping in Patients with Migraine
Author(s) -
Sorbi Marjolijn,
Tellegen Bert
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
headache: the journal of head and face pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.14
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1526-4610
pISSN - 0017-8748
DOI - 10.1111/j.1526-4610.1986.hed2609473.x
Subject(s) - migraine , coping (psychology) , psychology , clinical psychology , relaxation (psychology) , differential effects , audiology , medicine , psychiatry , neuroscience
SYNOPSIS The effects of a psychophysiological treatment (relaxation training) and a psychological treatment(stress‐coping training) were tested in 29 patients suffering from migraine.There were significant pre‐post reductions in migraine variables and drug consumption. The effects didnot differ between the types of training, and remained stable for a medium‐term follow‐up of 8 months. Wethink, however, that stress‐coping training may in course of time be superior in maintaining training gains.Although this assumption cannot yet be tested for longer follow‐up periods, there was a non‐significanttrend for stress‐coping training to be more effective in migraine 8 months after training.There were different effects on social behavior: patients receiving relaxation training became moresocially withdrawn, while patients who underwent stress‐coping training increased their socialassertiveness. Furthermore, according to the participants, relaxation training had a stronger impact onmigraine, whereas stress‐coping training was more directed at migraine‐related stress. However, pre‐postcomparisons of the patients' coping with stress for the most part did not reveal significantly differenteffects between the two types of training.