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Journal of Pediatric Psychology 21(5) pp. 603-614, 1996
© 1996 Society of Pediatric Psychology

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A School-Based, Nurse-Administered Relaxation Training for Children with Chronic Tension-Type Headache1

Bo Larsson2 and Jane Carlsson

Centre for Caring Sciences, Uppsala University Uppsala, Sweden, Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Sahlgrenska Hospital, Göteborg University Göteborg

2All correspondence should be sent to Bo Larsson, Centre for Caring Sciences, Uppsala University, S-751 83 Uppsala, Sweden

Compared the efficacy of a school-based, nurse-administered relaxation training intervention to a no-treatment control condition for children (10–15 years old) with chronic tension-type headache and the outcome at posttreatment and a 6-month follow-up. The study was conducted in a controlled between-group design including 26 schoolchildren who were randomly assigned to the two treatment conditions. Results showed that headache activity in the children treated with relaxation training was significantly more reduced than among those in the no-treatment control group at posttreatment as well as the 6-month follow-up. At these evaluations, 69% and 73% of the pupils, respectively, treated with relaxation had achieved a clinically significant headache improvement (at least a 50% improvement) as compared to 8% and 27% of the pupils, respectively, in the no-treatment control group. Thus, a school-based, nurse-administered relaxation training program seems to be a viable treatment approach for children with chronic tension-type headaches.

Key words: headache; childhood; adolescence; relaxation therapy; shcool health.


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