CBTs provided a small incremental benefit over control interventions in reducing pain , negative mood and disability at the end of treatment and at long-term follow-up .
The dropout rates due to any reason did not differ between CBTs and controls
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia ( FM ) is a clinical ly well-defined chronic condition of unknown aetiology characterized by chronic widespread pain that often co-exists with sleep disturbances , cognitive dysfunction and fatigue .
Patients often report high disability levels and negative mood .
Psychotherapies focus on reducing key symptoms , improving daily functioning , mood and sense of personal control over pain .
OBJECTIVES To assess the benefits and harms of cognitive behavioural therapies ( CBTs ) for treating FM at end of treatment and at long-term ( at least six months ) follow-up .
Multicomponent cognitive-behavioral group therapy with hypnosis for the treatment of fibromyalgia: long-term outcome.
UNLABELLED This study compared the efficacy of 2 psychological treatments for fibromyalgia with each other and with st and ard care . Ninety-three patients with fibromyalgia ( FM ) were r and omly assigned to 1 of the 3 experimental conditions : 1 ) multicomponent cognitive-behavioral therapy ( CBT ) ; 2 ) multicomponent CBT with hypnosis ; and 3 ) pharmacological treatment ( st and ard care control group ) . The outcome measures of pain intensity , catastrophizing , psychological distress , functionality , and sleep disturbances were assessed before treatment , immediately after treatment , and at 3- and 6-month follow-up visits . CBT and CBT with hypnosis participants received the st and ard pharmacological management plus 14 weekly , 120-minute-long sessions of psychological treatment . All but 1 session followed a group format ; the remaining session was individual . The analyses indicated that : 1 ) patients with FM who received multicomponent CBT alone or multicomponent CBT with hypnosis showed greater improvements than patients who received only st and ard care ; and 2 ) adding hypnosis enhanced the effectiveness of multicomponent CBT . This study presents new evidence about the efficacy of multicomponent CBT for FM and about the additional effects of hypnosis as a complement to CBT . The relevance and implication s of the obtained results are discussed . PERSPECTIVE This article highlights the beneficial effects of adding hypnosis in a multicomponent cognitive-behavioral group treatment of fibromyalgia patients . Also , this research showed that by adding hypnosis the length of treatment did not increase
CBTs provided a small incremental benefit over control interventions in reducing pain , negative mood and disability at the end of treatment and at long-term follow-up .
The dropout rates due to any reason did not differ between CBTs and controls
BACKGROUND Fibromyalgia ( FM ) is a clinical ly well-defined chronic condition of unknown aetiology characterized by chronic widespread pain that often co-exists with sleep disturbances , cognitive dysfunction and fatigue .
Patients often report high disability levels and negative mood .
Psychotherapies focus on reducing key symptoms , improving daily functioning , mood and sense of personal control over pain .
OBJECTIVES To assess the benefits and harms of cognitive behavioural therapies ( CBTs ) for treating FM at end of treatment and at long-term ( at least six months ) follow-up .