NCT04867967

Yoga and MBSR for TTH

Yoga and Mindfulnes-based-stress-reduction for Patients With Tension-type Headache

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 72 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universität Duisburg-Essen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Tension-Type Headache

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Iyengar Yoga	Classical Iyengar Yoga intervention, especially designed for headache patients. Note: First administered face-to-face, due to Covid-restrictions changed to online classes
BEHAVIORAL	Mindfulness-based stress reduction	Standardazied Mindfulness-based stress reduction intervention Note: First administered face-to-face, due to Covid-restrictions changed to online classes

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-02-01
• Primary completion: 2021-08-30
• Completion: 2021-12-30
• First posted: 2021-04-30
• Last updated: 2025-04-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany