Fibromyalgia syndrome, chronic pain, patient education Musculoskeletal Diseases Soft tissue disorders
Conditions
Interventions
Participants in the intervention group receive written information about pain (aetiology, physiology) and central sensitisation, either by email or postal. After two weeks every participant gets a pho
Sponsors
University of Antwerp (Belgium)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients with fibromyalgia according to the diagnostic criteria by the American College of Rheumatology, both men and women.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Age under 18 or over 65 years 2. Non-Dutch speaking 3. Pregnant during study period
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The 'rumination' subscale of the PCS 2. The 'consequences' and the 'psychological attributions' subscales of the IPQ-R All outcomes will be measured at the same times: at the start of the study, after three weeks, six weeks, and six months. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. The FIQ total score 2. The 'magnification' and 'helplessness' subscales of the PCS 3. The 'identity, 'timeline', 'personal control', 'treatment control', 'illness coherence', 'timeline cyclical', 'emotional representations', 'risk factor attribution', 'immune attribution', 'chance attribution' and 'fibromyalgia specific attribution' subscales of the IPQ-R All outcomes will be measured at the same times: at the start of the study, after three weeks, six weeks, and six months. | — |
Countries
Belgium, Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed