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The Multidisciplinary Treatment of Fibromyalgia.

NCT03673553 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 46

Last updated 2022-10-03

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Summary

Background Fibromyalgia is a pathology characterised by chronic pain that harms people's quality of life. This pathology requires an MRT that combines pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. Currently, FPAs are important to society not only by offering activities that improve fibromyalgia symptomatology but also by increasing public awareness of the disease. The present study compares the effectiveness of a multimodal rehabilitation treatment (MRT) with that of the activities of a fibromyalgia patient association (FPA), and identifies the patient characteristics that can interfere with the success of interventions.

Methods The quasi-experimental study selected forty-six older adults with fibromyalgia. The intervention group (n = 23) received pharmacological treatment, physical exercise, education, psychological therapies and Caycedian sophrology, while the control group (n = 23) carried out group psychological sessions and handicraft-based activities. Data collection included sociodemographic measures and responses to the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ). Participants were assessed pre- and post-intervention.

Conditions

  • Fibromyalgia
  • Pain
  • Treatment
  • Quality of Life

Interventions

OTHER

Multimodal treatment of patients with FM

The intervention group took part in 2.5-hour sessions of MRT once a week for 10 weeks. This intervention combined physical exercise with stretching. Health education was geared towards pain management, the pathology itself, healthy habits, insomnia, postural correction and ergonomics. The psychological approaches used in the MRT were problem-solving therapy, cognitive behavioural therapy and sophrology. Given the diversity of the sessions, they were directed by a rheumatologist, a nurse, a psychologist, and a physiotherapist. If the patient needed their pharmacological treatment to be altered, they were offered an appointment with the rheumatologist.

OTHER

Association of people with fibromyalgia

The control group attended the activities organised by the association of people with FMS. These consisted of a weekly 1-hour session of group psychology and a weekly 2-hour session of handicrafts for 10 weeks.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • ANNA LLADSER NAVARRO, NR, MsC · Institut Investigacio Sanitaria Pere Virgili

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2017-06-15

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