Educational Video Program to Promote Physical Activity and Reduce Migraine Frequency in Adults With Migraine

Impact of Promoting Physical Exercise on Migraine - a Video-based Randomized Clinical Trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an educational video program can help reduce migraine frequency and improve migraine-related outcomes in adults with migraine. The main questions it aims to answer are:

• Does the video-based intervention reduce the number of monthly migraine episodes?
• Does it reduce the use of acute migraine medication?
• Does it increase the physical activity levels?

Researchers will compare participants who watch educational videos about physical activity with participants who receive usual care, to see if the intervention has additional benefits.

Participants will:

• Be randomly assigned to one of two groups: intervention or control
• The intervention group will watch seven short educational videos over a period of 3 months
• All participants will complete questionnaires before and after the intervention period to assess migraine impact, frequency, medication use, and physical activity levels

Inclusion Criteria:

• Adults aged 18 years or older
• Diagnosis of episodic or chronic migraine confirmed by a neurologist, based on the 3rd edition of the International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD-3)
• Willing and able to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability to read or understand the study materials
• Inability or unwillingness to collaborate with study procedures
• Refusal to participate
• Diagnosis of other primary headache disorders (except for medication overuse headache)
• Presence of substance use disorders
• Presence of chronic medical conditions that limit physical activity (e.g., rheumatic diseases, systemic inflammatory conditions, neoplastic diseases)
• Presence of severe psychiatric disorders