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Study aim
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determine the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on cognitive regulation of emotions, severity of psycho-physical symptoms of migraine and stress coping styles among women with migraine.
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Design
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A clinical trial with a control group, with parallel groups, without a blind strain and randomized on 32 patients, rand function of Excel software was used for randomization.
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Settings and conduct
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After referring to neurologists in Khorramabad city, 32 patients were selected as available and randomly assigned to the test and control groups from among the female patients with migraine who met the criteria for entering the study and willing to cooperate in the research. Cognitive therapy sessions based on mindfulness were conducted by the researcher on the experimental group for 8 sessions of 45 minutes. A post-test was taken before the intervention and after the intervention on both groups.
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Participants/Inclusion and exclusion criteria
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Entry requirements
1- The age range of women suffering from migraine disease should be from 20 to 50 years.
2- Women suffering from migraine should express their consent to participate in the research.
Non-entry conditions
1- Using drugs, alcohol, or suffering from a diagnosed mental disorder,
2- Declaring dissatisfaction with participation in intervention courses,
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Intervention groups
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In order to improve the effectiveness of cognitive therapy based on mindfulness on the variables of increasing the cognitive regulation of emotions, reducing the severity of psychosomatic symptoms of migraine and improving the coping styles of stress in women with migraine, two groups performed the pre-test. The intervention group was treated during 8 sessions. and the control group was without any training,
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Main outcome variables
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cognitive regulation of emotions, the severity of migraine psychosomatic symptoms, and stress coping styles