| dc.description.abstract | The effectiveness of home-based relaxation and therapist-contact
relaxation treatment for headaches were evaluated in comparison to a
waiting list control group. A group of 30 subjects diagnosed as suffering
mixed migraine without aura and episodic tension headache were
randomly assigned to one of three treatment conditions: home-based
progressive muscular relaxation, therapist-contact progressive muscular
relaxation, or waiting list control. Results indicated that there was no
significant effect of treatment for any of the groups on objective
measures of headache severity, frequency, and duration. Subjects also
subjectively rated changes in their headaches, and it was found that
there was no difference between any of the three groups on subjective
ratings of changes in headache severity or duration. However, on
subjective ratings of changes in headache frequency and a global rating
of headache, the therapist-contact relaxation group rated themselves as
significantly more improved than either of the remaining two groups.
These findings were discussed in terms of treatment and cost
effectiveness. | |
