Comparing the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitive rehabilitation based on RehaCom software on emotional and cognitive components in female migraine patients: A randomized control trial.
- 1Department of Psychology, Shi. C., Islamic Azad University, Shiraz, Iran.
- 2Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
- 3Department of Psychiatry, Reserch Center of Addiction and Behavioral Sciences, Non-communicable Diseases Research Institute, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran.
Abstract
Background
Migraine is a prevalent psychosomatic disorder with psychological or neurological mechanisms, causing changes in neurochemistry and neurophysiology. This study investigated the comparative effect of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) and cognitive rehabilitation (CR) based on Rehacom software on emotional and cognitive components of migraine patients.Materials and methods
This clinical trial was conducted on 45 migraine patients in Yazd in 2024. They were randomly assigned into three groups: the EFT group that received 8 weeks of interventional sessions, each lasting 90 min, the CR group receiving intervention for 3 weeks, 8 sessions, each session lasting 20 min, and one control group. They were evaluated before and after treatment. The subjects completed the Emotional Beliefs Questionnaire, the Perth Empathy Scale, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, and the Visual Analogue Scale. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Levene's test, the Lambda-Wilks test, Homogeneity of regression slope and Bonferroni in SPSS 23 (0.05).Results
The findings showed that EFT and CR were effective in improving cognitive and emotional components (P < 0.05). So, EFT in improving emotional beliefs and empathy (P = 0.01) and CR in improving the attention variable are more effective (P = 0.09).Conclusion
According to the results, EFT and CR lead to an improvement in emotional and cognitive components in female migraine patients. Therefore, it is recommended to use this therapy.
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BibTeX
@article{nadushan2026comparing,
title = {{Comparing the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitive rehabilitation based on RehaCom software on emotional and cognitive components in female migraine patients: A randomized control trial.}},
author = {Mozhgan Bakhshi Nadushan and Azam Davoodi and Hamid Mirhosseini and Qasem Naziri},
journal = {Journal of education and health promotion},
year = {2026},
month = sep,
doi = {10.4103/jehp.jehp_214_25},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42924323},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Comparing the effectiveness of emotion-focused therapy and cognitive rehabilitation based on RehaCom software on emotional and cognitive components in female migraine patients: A randomized control trial.
AU - Mozhgan Bakhshi Nadushan
AU - Azam Davoodi
AU - Hamid Mirhosseini
AU - Qasem Naziri
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/09/30
JO - Journal of education and health promotion
DO - 10.4103/jehp.jehp_214_25
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42924323
AB - Background Migraine is a prevalent psychosomatic disorder with psychological or neurological mechanisms, causing changes in neurochemistry and neurophysiology. This study investigated the comparative effect of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) and cognitive rehabilitation (CR) based on Rehacom software on emotional and cognitive components of migraine patients.Materials and methods This clinical trial was conducted on 45 migraine patients in Yazd in 2024. They were randomly assigned into three groups: the EFT group that received 8 weeks of interventional sessions, each lasting 90 min, the CR group receiving intervention for 3 weeks, 8 sessions, each session lasting 20 min, and one control group. They were evaluated before and after treatment. The subjects completed the Emotional Beliefs Questionnaire, the Perth Empathy Scale, the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale, and the Visual Analogue Scale. Data were analyzed using Kolmogorov-Smirnov, Levene's test, the Lambda-Wilks test, Homogeneity of regression slope and Bonferroni in SPSS 23 (0.05).Results The findings showed that EFT and CR were effective in improving cognitive and emotional components (P < 0.05). So, EFT in improving emotional beliefs and empathy (P = 0.01) and CR in improving the attention variable are more effective (P = 0.09).Conclusion According to the results, EFT and CR lead to an improvement in emotional and cognitive components in female migraine patients. Therefore, it is recommended to use this therapy.
SN - 2277-9531
SN - 2319-6440
ER -