A Systematic Review on Effectiveness of Rajyoga Meditation on Chronic Tension Type Headache

Abstract

Introduction– Headache is a very common complains of almost every individual. There is a high prevalence of headache disorders, including migraine, tension-type headache, and medication-over use headache affecting quality of life, productivity and cost of treatment. It may be a cause of any other associated condition or it may be an effect of any other co-morbidity. The effectiveness of Rajyoga meditation on severity, frequency and duration of chronic tension headache was assessed in the present review. Methods–Databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus and Cochrane were systematically searched for current evidence of randomized controlled trials on Rajyoga meditation. Studies related to chronic tension headache were included of the past 20 years. The entire study was carried out from Feb 2022 to April 2022. Results- Two studies were included in the final study. Rajyoga meditation group patients showed a highly significant reduction in headache variables as compare to those who received medication. There was significant change in severity of headache, frequency and duration of headache in Rajyoga meditation group. It also showed the significant effect on anxiety and depression score. Conclusion- Rajyoga meditation was effective in reducing headache and associated symptoms in chronic headache patients. However large samples RCTs are required to confirm this conclusion.