Fibromyalgia Syndrome
Conditions
Keywords
fibromyalgia, group therapy, group psychotherapy, pain, depression, anxiety
Brief summary
The hypothesis of the study is that group therapy in fibromyalgia patients can provide significant improvement in pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression levels and emotional expressions.
Detailed description
The purpose of our study; to determine the effectiveness of group psychotherapy in the treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Patients who received 9 weeks of group therapy and those who did not, at the beginning of treatment, at the end of 9 weeks and 6 months after treatment will be evaluated using The Short Form-36, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Fatigue Severity Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Pain Beliefs Scale, Emotional Expression Questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, 2016 Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Criteria. At the end of the study, individuals are expected to show less depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms compared to the beginning of the study, and it is thought that their complaints about pain will decrease.
Interventions
OTHERGroup Psychotherapy
9 week group psychotherapy, given by a psychologist trained in group psychotherapy.
Sponsors
Ege University
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Fibromyalgia Syndrome diagnosed according to 2016 Fibromyalgia Syndrome diagnostic criteria * Volunteers between the ages of 18-65 * Literate volunteers * Volunteering to participate in group work * There is no obstacle to attend the sessions regularly every week
Exclusion criteria
* Who cannot participate in 9-week group therapy * Under 18, over 65 years old * Confused enough to not be able to complete and understand the scales given cognitively * Having serious mental illness (eg Psychotic disorder, Mental Retardation etc.) * Illiterate individuals
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Pain-Visual Analog Scale | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | Chronic musculoskeletal pain in Fibromyalgia syndrome patients, in this scale minumum value is 0, maximum value is 10, higher scores means worse outcome. |
| Change in Depression-Beck Depression Inventory | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | Depression in Fibromyalgia patients |
| Change in Anxiety-Beck Anxiety Inventory | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | Anxiety in Fibromyalgia patients |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Change in Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, in this scale minumum value is 0, maximum value is 21, high scores mean worse outcome. |
| Change in The Fatigue Severity Scale | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | The Fatigue Severity Scale, In this scale consisting of 9 items, each item is scored between 1 and 7 (1 = strongly disagree, 7 = totally agree) and the total score is calculated by taking the average of 9 items, high scores mean worse outcome. |
| Change in Pain beliefs questionnaire | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | Pain beliefs questionnaire |
| Change in The Short Form (36) Health Survey | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | The Short Form (36) Health Survey |
| CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE | At the beginning of the study | CHILDHOOD TRAUMA QUESTIONNAIRE |
| Change in 2016 Fibromyalgia Syndrome Criteria | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | 2016 Fibromyalgia Syndrome Criteria 2016 Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Criteria |
| Change in Emotional Expression Questionnaire | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | Emotional Expression Questionnaire |
| Change in Fibromyalgia Impact Questionaire | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | Fibromyalgia Impact Questionaire |
| Change in Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire | At the beginnning of the study ,through study completion-8th week, after study completion -6th month | Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed