Effectiveness of a structured group intervention based on pain neuroscience education for patients with fibromyalgia in primary care: A multicentre randomized open-label controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There has been increased interest in pain neuroscience education (PNE) as a therapeutic approach for the management of fibromyalgia (FM).

Methods

A multicentre randomized, open-label, controlled trial was conducted to assess the effectiveness of a structured group intervention based on PNE in patients with FM. A total of 139 patients were included in the study and randomized to the intervention group (7 group sessions of education in neurobiology of pain) or to the control group (treatment as usual only). The primary outcome was the improvement of functional status and pain measured with the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ), and secondary outcomes were the reduction in the impact of pain and other symptoms (catastrophizing, anxiety and depression) and numbe

SUBMITTER: Barrenengoa-Cuadra MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8247853 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature