Article
A Controlled Evaluation of Thermal Biofeedback and Thermal Biofeedback Combined with Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Vascular Headache
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
(1990)
Abstract
One-hundred-sixteen patients suffering from vascular headache (migraine or combined migraine and tension) were, after 4 weeks of pretreatment baseline headache monitoring, randomly assigned to one of four conditions: (a) thermal biofeedback with adjunctive relaxation training (TBF); (b) TBF plus cognitive therapy; (c) pseudomeditation as an ostensible attention-placebo control; or (d) headache monitoring. The first three groups received 16 individual sessions over 8 weeks, while the fourth group continued to monitor headaches. All groups then monitored headaches for a 4-week posttreatment baseline. Analysis revealed that all treated groups improved significantly more than the headache monitoring group with no significant differences among the three treated groups. On a measure of clinically significant improvement, the two TBF groups had slightly higher (51%) degree of improvement than the meditation group (37.5%). It is argued that the attention-placebo control became an active relaxation condition. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)
Disciplines
Publication Date
April 1, 1990
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-006X.58.2.216
Citation Information
Edward B. Blanchard, Kenneth A. Appelbaum, Cynthia L. Radnitz, Belinda Morrill, et al.. "A Controlled Evaluation of Thermal Biofeedback and Thermal Biofeedback Combined with Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Vascular Headache" Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology Vol. 58 Iss. 2 (1990) p. 216 - 224 ISSN: 0022-006X Available at: http://works.bepress.com/joel-hillhouse/28/