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Aquatic exercises and health education for the treatment of fibromyalgia

Hydrotherapy and health education for the treatment of fibromyalgia

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-7zxk77
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2016-05-21
Start date
2015-03-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Initially it was carried out an active recruitment of volunteers through direct contact with doctors, ads in newspapers and written disclosure in Basic Health Units (UBS) of Formiga - MG. The first 46
Inventory Beck Depression
Inventory Beck Anxiety
Other
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Sponsors

Centro Universitário de Formiga - MG (UNIFOR-MG)
Lead Sponsor
Centro Universitário de Formiga - MG (UNIFOR-MG)
Collaborator

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
Female
Age
25 Years to 60 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: women who have a confirmed diagnosis of fibromyalgia by a physician and according to the new diagnostic criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology in 2011. Regardless of race; aged between 25 and 60 years; BMI below 30; who read and sign the Consent and Informed (IC) not using drugs for more than three months or with stable pharmacological treatment for more than three months.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: women who did not sign the consent form; which violate the data collection protocol; which change the drugs during the study period; using steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or nonsteroidal; pregnant women; nursing mothers; patients with a history or presence of cancer or diseases autoimmune; psychiatric; infectious and inflammatory or in the period of data collection or in the three months prior to data collection will also excluded patients who do not participate in at least 80% of the activities proposed by the researchers (EIF and Hydrotherapy).

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) for evaluation of sleep, the Beck Depression to assess depression, the Beck Anxiety to evaluate anxiety, Piper Fatigue Scale for assessing fatigue, McGill Pain Questionnaire for pain assessment, functional independence measure to evaluate the functionality and the fibromyalgia impact Questionnaire (FIQ) to evaluate the impact of fibromyalgia. Before during and after the intervention in hydrotherapy and in inter-relational school of fibromyalgia.;Both hydrokinesiotherapy as the EIF are non-pharmacological treatment strategies plausible for the management of patients with FM. At that you realize the hydrotherapy can improve the quality of sleep and anxiety levels, while the EIF can improve anxiety, depression and the impact caused by FM.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary outcomes are expected not

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactAndrei Pernambuco

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - UFMG

pernambucoap@ymail.com+55 (37) 9905 9495

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)