TY - JOUR
T1 - Early experience with a brief, multimodal, multidisciplinary treatment program for fibromyalgia
AU - Vincent, Ann
AU - Whipple, Mary O.
AU - Oh, Terry H.
AU - Guderian, Janet A.
AU - Barton, Debra L.
AU - Luedtke, Connie A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Supported in part by the Center for Translational Science Activities (CTSA) at the Mayo Clinic. The CTSA is funded in part by a grant from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) , a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) ( RR024150 , principal investigator, Robert A. Rizza, MD). The contents of this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of the CTSA, NCRR, or NIH.
PY - 2013/12
Y1 - 2013/12
N2 - Fibromyalgia is a complex heterogeneous disorder for which a multidisciplinary individualized approach is currently advocated. We executed a 1-week multidisciplinary fibromyalgia clinical program with seven patients, based on our experience with our existing 1.5-day multidisciplinary fibromyalgia program that has demonstrated both short- and long-term benefits. The current expanded program was not designed as a clinical study, but rather as a clinical feasibility assessment, and it was multidisciplinary in nature, with cognitive behavioral therapy, activity pacing, and graded exercise therapy as major components. We assessed changes in individual patients at 1 week and 3months after the program with the use of validated self-report measures of pain, fatigue, and self-efficacy. All patients indicated at least small improvements in pain and physical symptoms at both 1 week and 3 months, and all but one patient showed improvement in self-efficacy at 1 week and 3months. Similar trends were observed for fatigue. Based on our early clinical experience, we conclude that the 1-week multidisciplinary fibromyalgia program is logistically feasible and has potential for clinical efficacy. Further research is needed and is planned to test the clinical efficacy of this program and compare it with other interventions.
AB - Fibromyalgia is a complex heterogeneous disorder for which a multidisciplinary individualized approach is currently advocated. We executed a 1-week multidisciplinary fibromyalgia clinical program with seven patients, based on our experience with our existing 1.5-day multidisciplinary fibromyalgia program that has demonstrated both short- and long-term benefits. The current expanded program was not designed as a clinical study, but rather as a clinical feasibility assessment, and it was multidisciplinary in nature, with cognitive behavioral therapy, activity pacing, and graded exercise therapy as major components. We assessed changes in individual patients at 1 week and 3months after the program with the use of validated self-report measures of pain, fatigue, and self-efficacy. All patients indicated at least small improvements in pain and physical symptoms at both 1 week and 3 months, and all but one patient showed improvement in self-efficacy at 1 week and 3months. Similar trends were observed for fatigue. Based on our early clinical experience, we conclude that the 1-week multidisciplinary fibromyalgia program is logistically feasible and has potential for clinical efficacy. Further research is needed and is planned to test the clinical efficacy of this program and compare it with other interventions.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.pmn.2011.05.001
DO - 10.1016/j.pmn.2011.05.001
M3 - Article
C2 - 24315246
AN - SCOPUS:84889089354
SN - 1524-9042
VL - 14
SP - 228
EP - 235
JO - Pain Management Nursing
JF - Pain Management Nursing
IS - 4
ER -