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ACT has been shown to be effective for the treatment of various chronic pain conditions, but little attention has been given to its therapeutic value in the management of recurring headaches.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      In this single\u2010blind (masking for outcome assessor), open\u2010label, randomized clinical trial, 35 patients with HFEM, with a monthly headache frequency ranging from 9 to 14\u00a0days, were recruited at the headache center of C. Besta Neurological Institute and randomized to either TAU (patient education and pharmacological prophylaxis;\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a017) or TAU\u00a0+\u00a0ACT (\n                      <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a018). Patients assigned to the combined treatment arm additionally received six 90\u2010min weekly group sessions of ACT therapy and two supplementary \u201cbooster\u201d sessions. All patients were on a stable course of prophylactic medication in the 3\u00a0months prior to initiating either treatment. Monthly headache frequency served as the primary outcome measure, with all other data collected being considered as secondary measures (medication intake, disability, headache impact, anxiety and depression, catastrophizing, allodynia, cognitive inflexibility, pain acceptance, mindful attention and awareness).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      A total of 35 patients were enrolled: 17 randomized to TAU, of whom three dropped out, and 18 to TAU\u00a0+\u00a0ACT (no dropouts in this group). Headache frequency and medication intake decreased in both groups over 12\u00a0months, with patients in the TAU\u00a0+\u00a0ACT group showing statistically significant reduction earlier, that is, by month 3. Headache frequency was reduced by 3.3\u00a0days (95% CI: 1.4 to 5.2) among those randomized to ACT\u00a0+\u00a0TAU, whereas it increased by 0.7\u00a0days (95% CI: \u22122.7 to 1.3) among those randomized to TAU only (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.007, partial\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.21), the difference being 4\u00a0days (95% CI: 1.2 to 6.8). Medication intake was reduced by 4.1 intakes (95% CI: 2.0 to 6.3) among those randomized to ACT\u00a0+\u00a0TAU and by 0.4 intakes (95% CI: \u22121.8 to 2.5) among those randomized to TAU only (\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.016; partial\n                      <jats:italic>\u03b7<\/jats:italic>\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      \u00a0=\u00a00.17), the difference being 3.8 intakes (95% CI: 0.7 to 6.8). At 6 and 12\u00a0months, the variations were not different between the two groups for headache frequency and medication intake. The opposite was found for measures of headache impact and pain acceptance, where the differences over time favored patients allocated to TAU. Both groups improved with regard to measures of disability, anxiety and depression, catastrophizing, and cognitive inflexibility, whereas measures of allodynia and pain acceptance were stable over time.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our preliminary findings indicate that supplementing TAU with ACT can enhance the main clinical outcomes, namely headache frequency and medication intake of patients with HFEM.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/head.14139","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,6,11]],"date-time":"2021-06-11T09:04:19Z","timestamp":1623402259000},"page":"895-905","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Acceptance and commitment therapy for high frequency episodic migraine without aura: Findings from a 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