A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Drug Therapy and a Combination of Medicines and Biofeedback on the Symptoms of Headache and Pain Self-Efficacy in Patients with Migraine

Subject Areas : Journal of Excellence in counseling and psychotherapy

Seyed Mahmoud Mirzamani ¹ , Parisa Tajali ² , Parisa Mazarezadeh ³

1 - Full professor of Islamic Azad University, Islamshahr Branch, Counseling Department
2 - Assistant Professor, Faculty Member, Islamic Azad University, Tehran Branch
3 - Master of Clinical Psychology, Islamic Azad University, Tonekabon Branch

Received: 2015-04-02 Accepted : 2015-06-03 Published : 2015-06-21

Keywords: drug therapy, Biofeedback, migraine headache symptoms, Pain self-efficacy,

Abstract :

Purpose: The aim of this research is to compare the efficacy of Drug Therapy and combined Medications and biofeedback on migraine headache symptoms and pain self-efficacy of patients with migraine headache in the city of Mahshahr. Methods: This research was an experimental type with pretest, posttest and control group. Multi-stage random sampling was used to conduct this research. At first step, 41people with high scores were selected using Ahvaz migraine questionnaire (AMQ). At the next step, 30people were randomly selected through interview, neurologist diagnosis and considering inclusion criteria then divided into two experimental and one control groups.In this research, subjects completed the headache symptoms scale and Pain Self-efficacy Questionnaire. For data analysis, multivariate analysis of covariance and Kruskal - Wallis tests were used. Result: The results showed that there were significant differences between three groups in terms of headaches symptoms, pain self-efficacy and subscales of headache symptoms scale in favor of second experimental group. Conclusion: Therefore, Medications with biofeedback method is more effective than using Drug Therapy alone, in terms of reducing symptoms of migraine headache and improving pain self-efficacy.