Acupuncture for chronic headaches--an epidemiological study

Headache
Dieter MelchartKlaus Linde

Abstract

To investigate the characteristics and outcomes of patients undergoing acupuncture treatment for chronic headaches under conditions of routine care provided within the framework of statutory health insurance in Germany. Furthermore, we investigated correlations between different outcomes. Patients with migraine, episodic or chronic tension-type headache (TTH), or several other forms of chronic headache (cluster, vascular, drug-induced headache; other specific headaches) treated with acupuncture (mean number of sessions 8.6 +/- 3.0) were included into an observational study. Detailed questionnaires including questions on headache days and instruments measuring disability (Pain Disability Index) and quality of life (SF-36) were completed before treatment, after treatment, and at 6 months after inclusion. A total of 2,022 patients (732 with migraine, 351 with episodic and 440 with chronic TTHs, and 499 with other diagnoses) treated by 1,418 physicians were included in the main analysis. Sociodemographic and baseline characteristics differed considerably in the four diagnostic groups. Statistically highly significant and clinically relevant improvements were seen for all clinical outcome measures in all diagnostic groups. In 52.6% ...Continue Reading

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