A randomized trial on the effects of regular water intake in patients with recurrent headaches
Spigt M, Weerkamp N, Troost J, van Schayck CP, Knottnerus JA
Family practice · 28 citas
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Cómo se estudió
- Diseño
- Ensayo controlado aleatorizado (indexado por PubMed)
- Estudiado en
- Personas
- Resultado principal
- Marcadores de salud y funcionamiento
Quién lo pagó
- Financiación
- Financiación no declarada
Publicación
- Publicado
- 2011-11-23 · Fam Pract · vol. 29 · número 4 · págs. 370–375
- Editorial
- Oxford University Press
- Citado
- 63 citas · más que el 71% de estudios similares · 0.6× el promedio de su campo
- Referencias
- 12 trabajos
- Acceso
- Acceso abierto (copia en repositorio) · OTHER-OA
- Áreas de investigación
- Migraine and Headache Studies · Temporomandibular Joint Disorders · Traumatic Brain Injury Research
- Palabras clave
- water intake, recurrent headache, migraine, migraine-specific quality of life, fluid intake, stress reduction, sleep improvement, non-pharmacological treatment, primary care
- MeSH
- humans, headache, treatment outcome, multivariate analysis, regression analysis, follow-up studies, drinking behavior, quality of life, adult, middle aged, female, male, migraine disorders, tension-type headache, drinking water, surveys and questionnaires
5 autores
- Mark Spigt🇳🇱 · autor de correspondenciaMaastricht University; Care and Public Health Research Institute
- Nico J. Weerkamp🇳🇱Atrium Medisch Centrum Parkstad
- Jaap Troost🇳🇱Maastricht University Medical Centre
- Onno C. P. van Schayck🇳🇱Maastricht University; Care and Public Health Research Institute
- J. André Knottnerus🇳🇱Maastricht University; Care and Public Health Research Institute
Resumen
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Background
Previously published investigations suggest a positive effect of increased water intake on headache, but a randomised controlled trial has not been done.
Objective
To investigate the effects of increased water intake on headache.
Methods
Randomised controlled trial in primary care with two groups and a follow-up period of 3 months. Patients were included if they had at least two episodes of moderately intense headache or at least five mildly intense episodes per month and a total fluid intake of less than 2.5 l/day. Both groups received written instructions about stress reduction and sleep improvement strategies. The intervention group additionally received the instruction to increase the daily water intake by 1.5 l. The main outcome measures were Migraine-Specific Quality of Life (MSQOL) and days with at least moderate headache per month.
Results
We randomised 50 patients to the control group and 52 patients to the intervention group. Drinking more water resulted in a statistically significant improvement of 4.5 (confidence interval: 1.3-7.8) points on MSQOL. In addition, 47% in the water group reported much improvement (6 or higher on a 10-point scale) on perceived intervention effect against 25% in the control group. However, drinking more water did not result in relevant changes in days with at least moderate headache.
Conclusions
Considering the observed positive subjective effects, it seems reasonable to recommend headache patients to try this non-invasive intervention for a short period of time to see whether they experience improvement.
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