Migraine Experts Discuss Study of Children With Continuous Headache
Post Date: May 15, 2024 | Publish Date: March 19, 2024
A notable percentage of youth with continuous headache report some improvements in headache status within 3–4 months after receiving multidisciplinary biopsychosocial treatment, according to a recent study led by experts at Cincinnati Children’s.
The leading co-authors of the study–Robert Gibler, PhD, and Brooke Reidy, PhD–discussed the findings May 9, 2024, with Rashmi B. Halker Singh, MD, Deputy Editor of Headache: The Journal of Head and Facial Pain.
Watch the discussion
Among the findings gleaned from following this rarely-studied population:
- The percentage of youth reporting little to no pain grew from 4% to 20% by their third check-in with clinicians.
- As expected, use of preventive medications increased among many of the patients, and some increase occurred in use of devices.
- Meanwhile, usage of other non-pharmacological treatments declined over time.
While finding it “hopeful” that a subset of youth with continuous headache reported improvement, “continuous headache is a phenomenon we want to learn a lot more about,” Reidy says.
Cincinnati Children’s co-authors included Scott Powers, PhD, Andrew Hershey MD, PhD, Marielle Kabbouche, MD, and Joanne Kacperski, MD. Contributors also included Kaelynn Knestrick, BA, BS, Department of Psychology, Bowling Green State University.
| Original title: | Preliminary prospective observational investigation of clinical outcomes among treatment-seeking youth with continuous headache |
| Published in: | Headache |
| Publish date: | March 19, 2024 |
