CHESS Feasibility V1.0
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Chronic Headache Education and Self-management Study (CHESS) - Feasibility study
IRAS ID
173003
Contact name
Martin Underwood
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Warwick
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 1 days
Research summary
Chronic headache, that is headache occurring on 15 or more days per month for more than three months, is a common problem, affecting around one in 30 of the population. There are three main types of chronic headache; migraine, tension type and medication overuse. There is very little information on the use of non-drug treatments or how to support people to manage their chronic headaches better (supported self-management). We want to test a self-management support programme for people living with chronic (the CHESS intervention). Prior to conducting such a trial there is the need to carry out a feasibility study. In this feasibility study we will:
1. test strategies for recruiting people living with chronic headache from primary care (WS1).
2. evaluate a brief diagnostic classification interview to support classification for people living with chronic headaches, focussing on the classification of the three common chronic headache disorders; migraine, TTH and MOH (WS2).
3. pilot and evaluate a new self-management support intervention for the management of common chronic headache disorders (migraine, TTH, MOH) that is both theoretically informed and based on best available empirical evidence (WS3).
4. select the most appropriate patient reported outcome measures for CHESS (WS4).
5. run a formative process evaluation (WS5).The final outputs from this programme will be a much improved understanding of how to run studies of intervention for chronic headaches, an approach to improving the classification of chronic headaches, information on the measurement of outcomes for people with chronic headaches, and a randomised controlled trial, with a cost-effectiveness study, of the CHESS intervention.
REC name
West Midlands - Black Country Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/WM/0165
Date of REC Opinion
21 May 2015
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion