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A Digital Therapeutic Allowing a Personalized Low-Glycemic Nutrition for the Prophylaxis of Migraine: Real World Data from Two Prospective Studies.

Authors :
Lelleck, Vivian Valeska
Schulz, Franziska
Witt, Oliver
Kühn, Gianna
Klein, Dominik
Gendolla, Astrid
Evers, Stefan
Gaul, Charly
Thaçi, Diamant
Sina, Christian
Schröder, Torsten
Source :
Nutrients; Jul2022, Vol. 14 Issue 14, pN.PAG-N.PAG, 19p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Migraine is a headache disorder associated with a high socioeconomic burden. The digital therapeutic sinCephalea provides an individualized low-glycemic diet based on continuous glucose measurement and is intended to provide a non-pharmacological migraine prophylaxis. We performed two prospective studies with migraine patients who used sinCephalea over a period of 16 weeks. The patients used a headache diary and recorded their migraine-related daily life impairments using the assessment tools HIT-6 and MIDAS for a pre versus post comparison. In addition, continuous glucose data of patients were compared to healthy controls. In both studies, patients reported a reduction of headache and migraine days as well as reductions in HIT-6 and MIDAS scores. More specifically, migraine days decreased by 2.40 days (95% CI [−3.37; −1.42]), HIT-6 improved by 3.17 points (95% CI [−4.63; −1.70]) and MIDAS by 13.45 points (95% CI [−22.01; −4.89]). Glucose data suggest that migraine patients have slightly increased mean glucose values compared to healthy controls, but drop into a glucose range that is below one's individual standard range before a migraine attack. In conclusion, sinCephalea is a non-pharmacological, digital migraine prophylaxis that induces a therapeutic effect within the range of pharmacological interventions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20726643
Volume :
14
Issue :
14
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Nutrients
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
158298572
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142927