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The investigators will perform a cluster randomised controlled study of Brief intervention (BI) for medication-overuse headache (MOH) versus business as usual. GPs will be trained to perform a structured brief intervention after identifying patients with probable MOH using the severity of dependence scale. The control arm will include patients of GPs who have not been trained in BI. Patients will be recruited by prior short postal screening of patients listed on the GPs patient lists.
The hypothesis is that BI will lead to improvement of medication-overuse and chronic headache as compared to no BI.
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123 cases in all included (75 in intervention/placebo control arms and 48 in non-intervention Control arms) 19 did not meet predefined inclusion criteria for the different arms (5 and 8 in intervention arm and placebo arm respectively, 4 and 2 in chronic headache Control and population Control respectively)
1 case was lost to follow up in each of the 4 Groups prior to first assessment. Thus 60 cases remained in intervention/placebo Control arms (24 in intervention and 36 in placebo Control) and 40 in non intervention Control arms (15 chronic headache Controls, 25 population Controls).
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123 participants in 4 patient groups, including a placebo group
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