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. 2018 Oct 1;2018(9):CD003968. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD003968.pub5

Labbe 1984.

Study characteristics
Methods RCT. 2 arms. Assessed at pretreatment, post‐treatment (1 month after end of treatment), 6 months
Participants End of treatment: n = 28
Start of treatment: n = 28
Sex: 14 F, 14 M
Mean age = 10.8 years
Source = community paediatrician referral, newspaper advertisement
Diagnosis = migraine headache
Mean years of pain = 4.3
Interventions "Autogenic feedback training"
"waiting‐list control"
Outcomes Primary pain outcome: headache diary
Primary disability outcome: none
Primary depression outcome: none
Primary anxiety outcome: none
  1. Headache index

  2. Headache frequency

  3. Headache duration

  4. Headache peak intensity

  5. Medication use

Notes COI: not reported
Funding: not reported
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Unclear risk "The children who attended the first session were matched on age, sex, and baseline headache index and then randomly assigned to either a treatment group or waiting‐list control group."
Comment: probably done, method not described
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk No description found in text
Comment: probably not done
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
All outcomes Unclear risk No description found in text
Comment: probably not done
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
All outcomes Low risk No dropouts reported in study
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Data were reported fully