A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Court-Type Traditional Thai Massage versus Amitriptyline in Patients with Chronic Tension-Type Headache
Table 1
Demographic data.
Characteristics
CTTM
Control
value
(%)
(%)
Gender
Female
26 (86.70)
29 (96.70)
<0.05
Male
4 (13.30)
1 (3.30)
Aged (year)
23–36 years
6 (20.00)
1 (3.30)
0.350
37–50 years
13 (43.30)
13 (43.30)
51–64 years
11 (36.70)
16 (53.30)
Mean = 49.75; SD = 10.93; median= 48
Classify from class interval
Occupation
Agriculture
9 (30.00)
10 (33.30)
0.939
Self-employed/business
4 (13.30)
3 (10.00)
Government officer/government employer
8 (26.70)
7 (23.30)
Work as employee
9 (30.00)
10 (33.30)
Underlying diseases
None
25 (83.30)
26 (86.70)
0.690
Yes (allergy)
2 (6.70)
1 (3.30)
Yes (diabetes mellitus)
1 (3.30)
2 (6.70)
Yes (hypertension)
2 (6.70)
1 (3.30)
History of headache in the lifetime (time)
Headache frequency of life (time) ≥ 50 times
30 (100.00)
30 (100.00)
1.000
Duration time in each headache attack
<30 minutes
1 (3.30)
1 (3.30)
1.000
30 minutes to 1 hour
18 (60.00)
18 (60.00)
1 hour to 2 hours
6 (20.00)
6 (20.00)
> a day <7 days
5 (16.70)
5 (16.70)
Working affected by headache
None
1 (3.30)
4 (13.30)
0.926
Can work but less than normal
18 (60.00)
16 (53.30)
Can work if it is necessary
6 (20.00)
6 (20.00)
Cannot work (stop working)
5 (16.70)
4 (13.30)
Previous treatments of headache
Rest
9 (30.00)
5 (16.70)
0.935
Drug
11 (36.70)
12 (40.00)
Medical doctor
10 (33.30)
13 (43.30)
Baseline of clinical outcome measure
Visual analog scale (VAS 0–10 cm); mean ± SD
6.30 ± 1.20
6.06 ± 0.94
0.105
Tissue hardness (%); mean ± SD
59.89 ± 11.04
57.16 ± 8.50
0.159
Pressure pain threshold (kg/cm2); mean ± SD
3.17 ± 0.69
2.85 ± 0.79
0.264
Heart rate variability (HRV); mean ± SD
Standard deviation from the mean RR value; SDNN (Ms)
35.57 ± 13.38
35.93 ± 24.46
0.119
Root mean square of the standard deviation; RMS-SD (Ms)
30.89 ± 15.40
33.18 ± 30.01
0.162
Low frequency power; LF (ms2)
95.97 ± 72.94
80.87 ± 76.01
0.724
High frequency power; HF (ms2)
83.43 ± 75.74
73.47 ± 74.60
0.654
Low frequency to high frequency ratio; LF/HF (ms2)
