Kabela E, Blanchard E B, Appelbaum K A, Nicholson N
State University of New York, Albany.
Biofeedback Self Regul. 1989 Sep;14(3):219-28. doi: 10.1007/BF01000095.
We examined the utility of various combinations of relaxation, cognitive coping, and feedback in an uncontrolled series of 16 older headache patients (aged 60 to 77) diagnosed as having tension, mixed, or migraine headache. At 1-month follow-up, statistically and clinically significant reductions were observed in both overall headache activity and medication intake; 10 patients (63%) were more than 50% improved in both headache reduction and medication reduction. Female headache suffers were more improved than males. These results are inconsistent with our past findings with geriatric headache sufferers but consistent with other, more recent favorable findings. The efficacy of nondrug treatment for geriatric headache clearly warrants further attention.
我们在一组未经对照的16名老年头痛患者（年龄60至77岁）中，考察了放松、认知应对和反馈的各种组合方式的效用。这些患者被诊断患有紧张性头痛、混合型头痛或偏头痛。在1个月的随访中，观察到总体头痛活动和药物摄入量在统计学和临床上均有显著降低；10名患者（63%）在头痛减轻和药物减少方面均有超过50%的改善。女性头痛患者比男性改善得更多。这些结果与我们过去对老年头痛患者的研究结果不一致，但与其他近期的有利研究结果一致。老年头痛的非药物治疗效果显然值得进一步关注。
