González de la Flor, ÁngelGarcía Pérez de Sevilla, GuillermoDomínguez Balmaseda, DiegoMartín Vera, DanielMontero Martínez, MaríaBlanco Muñiz, José Ángel del2023-02-142023-02-142022González de la Flor, Á., García Pérez de Sevilla, G., Domíngez Balmaseda, D., Martín Vera, D., Montero Martínez, M., & Blanco Muñiz, J. Á. (2022). Relationship between self-efficacy and headache impact, anxiety, and physical activity levels in patients with chronic tension-type headache: An observational study. Behavioural Neurology, 2022, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/83872490953-41801875-8584http://hdl.handle.net/11268/11776Background. Chronic tension-type headache is the primary headache with the highest prevalence. The present study is aimed at analyzing the associations between patient self-efficacy and headache impact with pain characteristics, kinesiophobia, anxiety sensitivity, and physical activity levels in subjects with chronic tension-type headache. Materials and Methods. An observational descriptive study was carried out. A total sample of 42 participants was recruited at university environment with diagnosis of tension-type headache. Headache characteristics (frequency, intensity, and duration), physical activity levels, pain related-self-efficacy, kinesiophobia, anxiety sensitivity, and headache impact were measured. Results. The HIT-6 score showed significant moderate positive correlations with the ASI-3 score and moderate negative correlations with the self-efficacy in the domains of pain management and coping with symptoms. ASI-3 score had a negative large correlation with self-efficacy in the domains of pain management, physical function, and coping with symptoms. Physical activity levels showed positive moderate correlations with the self-efficacy in the domain of physical function. Linear regression models determined that the self-efficacy and anxiety sensitivity with showed a significant relationship with the HIT-6 score () and with the ASI-3 score. In addition, no correlations were found between pain intensity, duration or frecuency with psychosocial factors, or headache impact. Conclusions. The present study showed that patients with chronic tension-type headache had a great negative impact on daily tasks and physical activity levels, which were associated with higher anxiety levels and lower self-efficacy.engAttribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Terapia por ejercicioCefalea de tipo tensionalSignos y síntomasjournal article10.1155/2022/8387249open accessEnfermedad cardiovascularPsicofisiologíaCalidad de vida