Sleep research!

Here is a list of research articles that relate to how sleep can trigger tension-type headaches and the effectiveness of certain management strategies! 

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(Sullivan et al, 2019) - Psychological Sleep Interventions for Migraine and Tension-Type Headache: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

• A review of articles to see the effectiveness of psychological sleep interventions for treatment of migraine and tension-type headaches
• Psychological sleep intervention (one study combined with drug therapy) significantly reduced headache frequency and intensity

(Hardian et al., 2020) - Improvement of Sleep Quality by Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response (ASMR) Stimulation Among Medical Students

• Undergraduate students were split into control group and treatment group (ASMR)
• 20 min ASMR video given to watch at night for 14 consecutive days
• Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) questionnaire results were reduced in treatment group and control group had no change pre and post intervention

(Oh et al., 2018) - Insufficient Sleep in Tension-Type Headache: A Population Study

• Population-based survey from Korean Headache Sleep Study, where insufficient sleep was defined as when sleep need and average sleep duration was at least 1 hr
• Among the participants, prevalence of insufficent sleep was significantly high among those with tension-type headache
• Also linked to exacerbation of TTH