Nutritional Intervention in Migraine

Federal University of Minas Gerais

Status: Completed

Conditions: Migraine

Treatments: Other: Nutritional intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02703129

CAAE 0311.0.203.000-11

Details and patient eligibility

About

Migraine is a common medical condition. Several studies suggest that obesity and/or weight gain are risk factors for aggravating migraine course, especially increase the frequency of headache episodes. The aim of the current study was to evaluate whether nutritional intervention would be able to improve clinical parameters (as assessed by MIDAS and HIT) of patients with migraine.

Full description

Women with the diagnosis of migraine according to the International Headache Society (IHS-2) criteria received individualized diet meal plan and nutritional orientation for 12 weeks according to their nutritional diagnosis. Patients were evaluated three times with an interval of 30 days between each visit. Clinical, anthropometric measurements (weight, height, waist circumference and body composition assessed by bioelectrical impedance analysis) and food evaluations were performed. Nutritional orientations were strengthened in each visit. The diet prescription did not change during intervention period. The diet quality of the patients was assessed through the Brazilian Healthy Eating Index - Revised (BHEI-R) version. Migraine severity was assessed with the Headache Impact Test (HIT) and the Migraine Disability Assessment Scale (MIDAS). Depressive symptoms were also evaluated with the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI).

Enrollment: 52 patients

Sex

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Women;
• Older than 18 years;
• Migraine diagnosis;
• Agree to sign the informed consent.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with headaches not characterized as migraine;
• Pregnant or lactating women.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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52 participants in 1 patient group

Nutritional intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Women with the diagnosis of migraine received individualized diet meal plan and nutritional orientations for three months according to their nutritional diagnosis

Treatment:

Other: Nutritional intervention