title: [Headache: patient education as part of a multidisciplinary treatment. Are there reliable results?].
abstract: Patient education is an important part of successful headache therapy. Patient education can enhance self-efficacy and influence the locus of control. Motivation and adherence to nonpharmacological therapy (aerobic endurance training and relaxation training) as well as pharmacological therapy may be improved by headache-specific patient education. Patients with specific knowledge of their headache disorder and headache treatment may be more self-confident and successful in handling their disease. In moderately affected headache patients, education alone may result in improvement, whereas education as part of a multidisciplinary treatment is superior in severely affected and chronic patients. All components of a multidisciplinary treatment program should be harmonized toward a comprehensive concept. Patients should take an active part in the therapy.
authors.affiliation: Migräne- und Kopfschmerzklinik Königstein, Ölmühlweg 31, 61462, Königstein im Taunus, Deutschland, c.gaul@migraene-klinik.de.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gaul
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy / Q000379:methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods*; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods* / Q000523:psychology; D016896:Treatment Outcome