Fibromyalgia
Conditions
Keywords
Fibromyalgia, Mindfulness, On-line intervention, Chronic pain
Brief summary
The purpose of this study is to compare an online 12-module intervention designed to improve emotion regulation and social relations via mindfulness training with a 12-module program that provides information about health behaviors to individuals with fibromyalgia. The mindfulness training program is expected to produce greater day-to-day improvements than the education condition in individuals' efficacy for coping with pain and stress, positive and negative affect, and positive engagement in social relations assessed via online diaries completed each evening during the intervention period.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMindfulness Emotion Regulation
12 on-line modules provide didactic information and practice instructions re: mindfulness meditation for pain and distress
OTHERHealth Education
12 on-line modules that provide information regarding health behaviors, but no information regarding how to put behaviors into practice
Sponsors
Arizona Institute for Mental Health Research
Pfizer
Arizona State University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* At least 18 years of age * Self-report of physician diagnosis of fibromyalgia * Able to read and understand English * Daily access to the internet
Exclusion criteria
* Self-report of more than 5 past episodes of depression
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Positive affect (10 items rated 1-5, averaged) and negative affect (10 items rated 1-5, averaged) | Daily during 6-week intervention | Trajectory of change in positive affect over the course of the trial is assessed via daily diaries. Positive and negative affect subscales are assessed daily with the Positive (10 items) and Negative (10 items) Affect Schedule (PANAS; Watson, Clark, & Tellegen, 1988). |
| Daily Pain Coping Efficacy (1 item rated 1-5) and Stress Coping Efficacy (2 item rated 1-5, averaged) | Daily over 6-week intervention | Trajectory of change over the course of the intervention via daily diary reports. Pain and stress coping efficacy (PCE and SCE) are assessed with 2 items each, with items combined to form a mean score for PCE and for SCE (Johnson, Zautra, & Davis 2006). The first was How satisfied are you with how you coped with your symptoms (stress)? referring to that day, rated on a 5-point Likert scale ranging from 1=very dissatisfied to 5=very satisfied. The second item was If you had this level of pain (stress) again, how certain are you that you would be able to cope well with its negative aspects? rated on a 5-point Likert scale, ranging from 1=very uncertain to 5 = very certain. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Daily Enjoyment (1 item rated 1-5) and Stressfulness (1 item rated 1-5) of Family Relations | Daily during 6-week intervention | Trajectory of change over the course of the trial via daily diaries. Daily family relations were assessed by two items asking how enjoyable (1 item) and how stressful (1 item) individuals found the time they spent with family on that day, with each item rated on a 4-point scale ranging from 1=not at all to 4 = extremely. These items were drawn from the Inventory of Small Life Events scale (Zautra, Guarnaccia, & Dohrenwend, 1986) |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed