Effectiveness of Thai massage integrated into standard treatment for patients with migraine with or without aura
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Migraine is the major cause of headache. Medication is typically used for the treatment of migraine, however, adverse drug reactions may be found. For Thai Traditional Medicine, there is a disease of which symptoms are similar to migraine and massage has been used to treat this disease. Therefore, to develop an integrative treatment, this study aimed to assess effectiveness and safety of massage integrated into standard treatment in patients with migraine with or without aura. The Quasi experiment was conducted in the outpatient department of Chao Phya Abhaibhubejhr hospital during 2012-2017. Ninety-one patients with migraine with or without aura were randomly divided into 2 groups; standard treatment (group 1) for 7 days and standard treatment with Nuad Thai every other day for 3 days (group 2). Group 2 had less pain intensity and modern medicine consumption significantly within 7 and 2 days respectively when comparing to group 1. Pain frequency reduced significantly in day 2 and 4 while patient satisfaction was also higher significantly in group 2. Within the groups, group 2 started reducing pain intensity, pain frequency and modern medicine consumption in day 3, 4 and 4 onward respectively. In conclusion, it is indicated that Nuad Thai helps reducing pain intensity and modern medicine consumption in patients with migraine. It should be promoted and integrated into standard treatment.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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