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The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Perceived Pain Intensity and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Headache

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  • Nour Mohammad Bakhshani
  • Ahmadreza Amirani
  • Hamed Amirifard
  • Mahnaz Shahrakipoor

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The aim of this study was to determine the effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress reduction (MBSR) on perceived pain intensity and quality of life in patients with chronic headache. Thus, forty patients based on the diagnosis of a neurologist and diagnostic criteria of the International Headache Society (IHS) for migraine and chronic tension-type headache were selected and randomly assigned to the intervention group and control group, respectively. The participants completed the Pain and quality of life (SF-36) questionnaire. The intervention group enrolled in an eight-week MBSR program that incorporated meditation and daily home practice, per week, session of 90-minutes. Results of covariance analysis with the elimination of the pre-test showed significantly improvement of pain and quality of life in the intervention group compared with the control group. The findings from this study revealed that MBSR can be used non-pharmacological intervention for improvement the quality of life and development of strategies to cope with pain in patients with chronic headache. And can be used in combination with other therapies such as pharmacotherapy.

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  • Nour Mohammad Bakhshani & Ahmadreza Amirani & Hamed Amirifard & Mahnaz Shahrakipoor, 2016. "The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on Perceived Pain Intensity and Quality of Life in Patients With Chronic Headache," Global Journal of Health Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 8(4), pages 142-142, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ibn:gjhsjl:v:8:y:2016:i:4:p:142
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