Effectiveness of Training of Self-Healing(Healing codes) on Depression, Severity of Pain Perception & Pain-related anxiety in Chronic Headache Patients

The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness training of self-healing on depression, pain perception severity and pain-related anxiety in chronic headache patients.

The present semi experimental study design with pre-test, post-test and follow-up design with experimental and control groups. Sixty clients with complaints of chronic headeche referred to one of Isfahan city Hospitals were selected through available sampling and randomly divided in two groups (n= 30). The research tools were included of the Zonc depression (1965), McGill pain (1997) and McCracken pain anxiety (1967).

The results showed that training of self-healing has significant effects on improvement of depression, decrease of pain perception and pain-related anxiety experimental group in the posttest and follow-up (P<0.001).

Self-healing training has been shown to reduce headaches by reducing physiological stress by treating destructive cellular memories, modifying lifestyles, and teaching relaxation techniques. Therefore, this method can be used as a new approach with relatively stable effects to reduce chronic headaches in medical centers and psychological services.