The role of absorption capacity in thermal biofeedback treatment of vascular headache.
The clinical utility of Tellegen's Absorption Scale was examined using a sample of 32 chronic vascular headache patients drawn from a larger treatment study investigating the efficacy of thermal biofeedback with vascular headache. A regression analysis found that acquisition of the hand-warming response was directly related to increase in capacity for absorption. Conversely, a trend was found for absorption capacity to be inversely related to reductions in headache frequency and intensity. Reasons for these differences in process and outcome variables are discussed.
Steffek
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State University of New York, Albany.
Blanchard
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D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001676:Biofeedback, Psychology / Q000379:methods / Q000502:physiology*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D011379:Prognosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014653:Vascular Headaches / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*