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Article Type

Original Research

Authors

Tabatabaee   A. (*)
Zarei   M. (1)
Mohammadpour   A. (2)






(*) Nursing Department, Nursing Faculty, Quchan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Quchan, Iran
(1) Nursing Department, School of Nursing and Midwifery, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
(2) “Social Determinants of Health Research Center” & “Department of Medical Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery” , Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran

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Article History

Received:   February  8, 2014
Accepted:   March 15, 2014
ePublished:   April 1, 2014

ABSTRACT

Aims Migraine is a chronic and invasive neurological disorder which is recognized by severe episodic and recurrent headaches. Nowadays use of non-pharmacological methods to relief pain are in progress. This study was done to compare the effect of wet-cupping and temperament modification on pain intensity in patients with migraine headache.
Materials & Methods This clinical trial was done in patients with migraine referring to Ghoochan traditional medicine official Center in 2012. 198 patients were selected by convenience sampling method and were studied. To collect data, two-part questionnaire (demographic characteristics and characteristics of headache) and a pain intensity form based on the visual analogue scale were used. After homogenizing the samples, they were randomly divided into three wet-cupping, temperament modification and control groups. Paired T, Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney tests were used to analyze the data.
Findings The mean of pain intensity in the three groups of temperament modification (7.5±1.2), wet-cupping (7.6±1.3) and control (7.2±1.2) before intervention showed no significant difference (p=0.401). There were a significant difference between the mean of pain intensity of temperament modification (6.6±1.2), wet-cupping (2.4±1.9) and control (0.6±0.8) groups before and after interventions (p<0.001).
Conclusion Wet-cupping and temperament modification are very effective tools to treat migraine headaches.

Keywords: Migraine Headaches, Wet-Cupping, Temperament Modification,

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