CompletedNot Applicable

Medication-overuse Headache: The Effect of a Patient Educational Programme as an add-on to Standard Treatment

98 participantsStarted 2015-10-15

Plain-language summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the influence of personality profiles in patients with MOH and to evaluate the effect of a custom-made educational programme as an add-on to standard treatment as compared to standard treatment alone in MOH patients using a randomized controlled trial (RCT) design.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years – 65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with medication-overuse headache (MOH) by neurologist (The International Classification of headache Disorders). * Completed withdrawal (hospitalized of 8 days or at home). * Age 18-65 years * Understand and speak Danish Exclusion Criteria: * Comorbidity (e.g. whiplash, rheumatism which needs analgesic treatment * Mental health disorders

What they're measuring

Headache frequency measured by self-reported headache diary on number of days with headache previous month

Timeframe: baseline-36 weeks follow-up

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02768233

SponsorEsbjerg Hospital - University Hospital of Southern Denmark

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2018-07-01

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