Effects of a behavior analytic intervention and relaxation training in women with Fibromyalgia and poor sleep quality: A pilot study
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https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v22i1.52501Keywords:
psychotherapeutic techniques, relaxation therapy, fibromyalgia, sleep quality.Abstract
This study evaluated the effect of a behavior analytic intervention with components for pain, sleep, and relaxation (TG, n=6), compared to groups who underwent isolated relaxation training (RG, n=3) and a group without intervention, (CG, n=3). The participants were women (mean age 53.5 years) with medical diagnosis of fibromyalgia (FM) and complaints of poor sleep quality. Self-report tools for evaluating the overall experience of pain, pain-related disability, sleep quality, anxiety, depression, stress, e free cortisol fraction after awakening, were administered before and after eight sessions, and in the follow-up (30 days). Participants answered a satisfaction questionnaire at the end of the intervention. Results showed that the TG achieved a positive change (post<pre) in the indicators of pain-related disability and anxiety; the same happened to the RG in the evaluation of the overall experience of pain, with maintenance of the effects only in the TG. The RG revealed negative changes (post>pre) in the cortisol responses and self-reported stress and the CG did it in pain-related disability. At the end of the study, the participants of the TG and RG reported satisfaction with the care provided and perceived improvement on the health indicators evaluated. It was concluded that both interventions were effective, especially the integral intervention.
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