Impact of Peer Education Program on Headache Disorders

NMP Medical Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Headache Disorder

Treatments: Other: Community education programs

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02677935

nmp/22182

Details and patient eligibility

About

Worldwide, headache disorders are among the most common medical conditions. Many people with headache need not experience further pain if the diagnosis and treatment are correct. Most patients do not have correct diagnosis and treatment. This study tested a model for treatment of people with headache disorders at primary health-care level in rural areas of Haryana, India.

Enrollment: 360 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 70 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All residents of the Region Kaithal (haryana) may apply for recruitment
• Primary headache disorders including tension type headache, migraine

Exclusion criteria

• Planning to move the area
• Refused to consent

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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360 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

community support program

Treatment:

Other: Community education programs