Participant flow diagram of the CONSORT randomized controlled tri.
Fibromyalgia is a rheumatic disorder of unknown etiology characterized by chronic pain, often accompanied by depressive sympto.
Cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy has proven to be an effective tool in this fie.
106 women participate in groundbreaking multicenter study
The study, coordinated by University of Buffalo psychology professor and Neuroscience Institute Guillem Feixas, included 106 women with fibromyalgia and depressive symptoms who were treated at 10 different locations: two mental health centers and 8 primary care cente.
For about four months, the volunteers received weekly psychothera.
The findings showed that both treatments reduced depressive symptoms in about 60 percent of the women who participated, and there was no significant difference between the two treatmen.
More personalization tools
"Fibromyalgia has no specific known cause and no cure, but psychological improvements can have an impact on physical health," Aguilera explain.
Standard cognitive-behavioral therapy "is more interested in how to change behavior, not the reasons behind it," Aguilera said, while personal construction therapy is particularly concerned with "how you structure your world, and what you give What's the poi.
For example, some studies have suggested that personal construction therapy may be useful for treating depression, but aside from a small pilot study, "this is the first time this type of therapy has been studied and shown to be helpful for people with fibromyalgia," May sa.