The Multidisciplinary Treatment of Fibromyalgia.

Launched by INSTITUT INVESTIGACIO SANITARIA PERE VIRGILI · Sep 13, 2018

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A descriptive analysis of the sociodemographic characteristics of the intervention and control groups was done. Qualitative variables were expressed as percentages, and quantitative variables were summarised as the median and interquartile range.

Shapiro-Wilk tests indicated that the dependent variables were not normally distributed (p \< .05), so non-parametric statistical analyses were subsequently performed. The difference between the medians of the two patient groups was examined with the Mann-Whitney U test. Qualitative variables were compared with the chi-squared or Fisher's exact te...

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Eligibility criteria

• Eligibility Criteria inclusion intervention group:
• • to be diagnosed with FM
• • to be between 18 and 80 years old
• • be a patient of the unit care of FM
• • the patients have to participate in nine of the treatment sessions
• • the patients have to make the first visit in the unit care of FM during 2016
• Eligibility Criteria inclusion control group:
• • to be diagnosed with FM
• • to be between 18 and 80 years old
• • to be a member of the FM Patient Association of Terres de l'Ebre
• Eligibility Criteria exclusion control intervention and group:
• • not understanding Catalan or Spanish
• • not providing correct contact data

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