Yoga and MBSR for TTH

Universität Duisburg-Essen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Tension-Type Headache

Treatments: Behavioral: Iyengar Yoga; Behavioral: Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04867967

17-7925 BO

Details and patient eligibility

About

Primary study objectives

1. evaluate the short-term effect of yoga intervention in addition to routine care on headache frequency in patients with frequent or chronic tension-type headache compared to routine care alone (waiting group).
2. to evaluate the short-term effect of yoga intervention in addition to routine care on headache frequency in patients with frequent episodic or chronic tension-type headache compared with stress management through mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) in addition to routine care.

Secondary study objectives

Evaluation of the medium-term effect of the intervention on headache frequency as well as the short- and medium-term effect on the secondary target parameters in comparison to the waiting group and MBSR. Further evaluation of the safety and acceptability of the intervention.

Enrollment: 72 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• episodic or chronic tension-type headache according to ICHD-3 definition

Exclusion criteria

• medication induced headache according to ICHD-3 definition
• Cluster-headache according to ICHD-3 definition
• serious chronic systemic or acute physical or mental illness
• Dementia
• Pregnancy
• actual in a yoga or MBSR class

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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72 participants in 3 patient groups

Iyengar Yoga Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

8-week yoga class; once weekly; 90 minutes Note: First administered face-to-face, due to Covid-restrictions changed to online classes

Treatment:

Behavioral: Iyengar Yoga

Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Active Comparator group

Description:

8-week MBSR class; once weekly; 90 minutes Note: First administered face-to-face, due to Covid-restrictions changed to online classes

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness-based stress reduction

Waitlist control

No Intervention group

Description:

Waitlist control, ususal care