Intensive patient education improves clinical outcome in migraine patients
Jim Casey
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Migraine patients, it has been reported, are among those most dissatisfied with their standard of medical care. A wide range of therapies for migraine are now available, but demands on clinician time make it difficult to educate patients to derive maximum benefit from these treatments. Rothrock et al. sought to determine whether the addition of an intensive patient education program to routine patient management might improve the clinical outcome for migraine patients. The researchers randomly allocated 100 consecutive patients to receive either routine care (controls) or a standardized course of instruction on migraine biogenesis and management. The course of instruction involved three 90 min classes taught by migraine sufferers who had previously undergone intensive instruction by a neurologist.
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