Short-term effectiveness of an online behavioral training in migraine self-management: a randomized controlled trial.

Behavioral training (BT) is recommended as a supplementary preventive treatment for migraine. Online interventions have been successful in promoting health behavior change, the evidence for online BT in migraine is limited, however. This randomized controlled trial aimed to determine the post-treatment effectiveness of online BT (n = 195) compared to a waitlist control group (WLC; n = 173) on migraine attack frequency (primary outcome), headache self-efficacy and locus of control (secondary outcomes).

Quality of life in patients with anorectal malformation or Hirschsprung's disease: development of a disease-specific questionnaire.

Purpose: Hirschsprung's disease and anorectal malformation are congenital diseases of the digestive tract with sequelae into adulthood. The quality of life of patients with these diseases is largely unknown. The aim of the study was 1) to construct a self-report disease-specific instrument to assess the quality of life in these patients and 2) to evaluate its psychometric performance.