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Support, Health, and Fibromyalgia

NCT00000423 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2013-12-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study tests the effects of social support and education on the health and well-being of people with fibromyalgia (FMS). We recruited 600 adults with a confirmed diagnosis of FMS from a large health maintenance organization. We randomly assigned the study participants to one of three groups. People in the social support group met with others who suffer from FMS for 2 hours every week for 10 weeks, and then monthly for an additional 10 months. The social support and education group also had 10 2-hour weekly meetings followed by 10 monthly meetings with others who suffer from FMS. Members of this group learned about the disease and ways they can manage it themselves. The third group participated only in the five assessment periods. The study lasted 4 years.

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Social support group

BEHAVIORAL

Social support and education group

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

    collaborator NIH

  • San Diego State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thereasa A. Cronan · San Diego State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
21 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1996-09-30
Completion
2001-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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