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.
State University of New York, Albany.
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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*