The role of absorption capacity in thermal biofeedback treatment of vascular headache |
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Authors: | Bruce D. Steffek Edward B. Blanchard |
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Affiliation: | (1) State University of New York at Albany, USA;(2) Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, 1535 Western Avenue, 12203 Albany, New York |
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Abstract: | The clinical utility of Tellegen's Absorption Scale was examined using a sample of 32 chronic vascular headache patients drawn from a larger treatment study investigating the efficacy of thermal biofeedback with vascular headache. A regression analysis found that acquisition of the hand-warming response was directly related to increase in capacity for absorption. Conversely, a trend was found for absorption capacity to be inversely related to reductions in headache frequency and intensity. Reasons for these differences in process and outcome variables are discussed.This research was supported in part by a grant No. NS23440 from NINDS. |
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Keywords: | absorption headache thermal biofeedback individual differences |
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