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Psychological Sleep Interventions for Migraine and Tension-Type Headache: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Scientific Reports, Vol.9, pp.1-8
2019
PMID: 31015531
Abstract
Disordered sleep, poor sleep quality, and insufficient or excessive sleep duration are known triggers of primary and secondary headaches. Given this, it is plausible that improving sleep will subsequently reduce headache activity. We report a systematic review of the literature, examining studies utilising psychological sleep interventions for the treatment of migraine and tension-type headache. PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and Cochrane Central were searched, using terms pertaining to psychological sleep interventions and headaches. Meta-analysis was performed for two outcome measures; headache frequency, and headache intensity. 103 studies were retrieved, of which 55 were duplicates. After completing reviews, three studies were retained. An additional eligible study was published after the initial search, and was found via monthly update searches, resulting in a total of four included studies. The effects of psychological sleep interventions (and in one study, combined with drug therapy) significantly reduced headache frequency and headache intensity. Three studies improved various sleep outcomes such as duration, efficiency, and excessive sleepiness. Psychological sleep interventions improve headache frequency and sleep, however there is conflicting evidence for the effect on headache intensity between studies. Limitations include the small number of studies conducted to date. Despite this, the notable improvements in headaches and sleep achieved after psychological sleep interventions indicates further research on this promising topic is warranted.
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- Title
- Psychological Sleep Interventions for Migraine and Tension-Type Headache: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
- Authors
- Daniel P Sullivan (Corresponding Author) - Griffith UniversityPaul R Martin - Griffith UniversityMark J Boschen - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Scientific Reports, Vol.9, pp.1-8
- Publisher
- Nature Publishing Group
- Date published
- 2019
- DOI
- 10.1038/s41598-019-42785-8
- ISSN
- 2045-2322; 2045-2322
- PMID
- 31015531
- Copyright note
- This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
- Data Availability
- Findings of this systematic review are based on the data reported in articles previously published by Calhoun and Ford, Ruff, et al., Smitherman, et al., and Law, et al.
- Organisation Unit
- Thompson Institute
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991093698402621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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