Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Randomised Trial

Efficacy, acceptability and safety of cognitive behavioural therapies in fibromyalgia syndrome – A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

“…Only one study had a total treatment time <5 h (Ang et al, 2010) and seven studies had a treatment time of >25 h (Wigers et al, 1996;Soares and Grossi, 2002;Thieme et al, 2003;Thieme et al, 2006;Falcao et al, 2008;Castel et al, 2012;Karlsson et al, 2015). The remaining studies had a treatment time between 5 and 25 h. Fourteen studies reported on average attendance rates of participants (Wigers et al, 1996;Oliver et al, 2001;King et al, 2002;Redondo et al, 2004;Thieme et al, 2006;Rooks et al, 2007;Alda et al, 2011;Luciano et al, 2011Luciano et al, , 2014Miro et al, 2011;Castel et al, 2012;Parra-Delgado and Latorre-Postigo, 2013;Martınez et al, 2014;Karlsson et al, 2015). The median of attended CBTs sessions was 77% (range 42-93%).…”

“…One of these studies was included in the first version of the review (Williams et al, 2010). We included seven new studies (Williams et al, 2002;Parra-Delgado and Latorre-Postigo, 2013;Wicksell et al, 2013;Luciano et al, 2014;Martınez et al, 2014;Garcia-Palacios et al, 2015;Karlsson et al, 2015).One study (Williams et al, 2002) was not included in the first version of this review. These studies added 546 new participants.…”

“…Eighteen studies were conducted in Europe (Burckhardt et al, 1994;Vlaeyen et al, 1996;Wigers et al, 1996;Soares and Grossi, 2002;Thieme et al, 2003Thieme et al, , 2006Redondo et al, 2004;Castel et al, 2009Castel et al, , 2012Alda et al, 2011;Luciano et al, 2011Luciano et al, , 2014Miro et al, 2011;Parra-Delgado and Latorre-Postigo, 2013;Wicksell et al, 2013;Martınez et al, 2014;Garcia-Palacios et al, 2015;Karlsson et al, 2015), of which 10 were conducted in Spain (Redondo et al, 2004;Castel et al, 2009Castel et al, , 2012Alda et al, 2011;Luciano et al, 2011Luciano et al, , 2014Miro et al, 2011;ParraDelgado and Latorre-Postigo, 2013;Martınez et al, 2014;Garcia-Palacios et al, 2015), five in Scandinavian countries (Burckhardt et al, 1994;Wigers et al, 1996;Soares and Grossi, 2002;Wicksell et al, 2013;Karlsson et al, 2015), two studies in Germany (Thieme et al, 2003(Thieme et al, , 2006 and one study in the Netherlands (Vlaeyen et al, 1996). Ten studies were conducted in North America (USA) (Nicassio et al, 1997;Oliver et al, 2001;King et al, 2002...…”

“…The median percentage of women in CBTs groups was 100% (89-100%). Fifteen studies included only women (Burckhardt et al, 1994;King et al, 2002;Soares and Grossi, 2002;Thieme et al, 2003;Redondo et al, 2004;Kashikar-Zuck et al, 2005;Thieme et al, 2006;Falcao et al, 2008;Ang et al, 2010;Miro et al, 2011;Parra-Delgado and Latorre-Postigo, 2013;Wicksell et al, 2013;Martınez et al, 2014;Garcia-Palacios et al, 2015;Karlsson et al, 2015). The median of the mean age was 47.4 (15.2-55.4) years.…”

“…Ninety per cent of participants of the CBT group of Garcia- Palacios et al, 2015 had a history of mood or anxiety disorders. Sixteen studies included patients with depressive or anxiety disorders, or both (Burckhardt et al, 1994;Wigers et al, 1996;Nicassio et al, 1997;King et al, 2002;Williams et al, 2002;Thieme et al, 2006;Castel et al, 2009Castel et al, , 2012Ang et al, 2010;Alda et al, 2011;Luciano et al, 2011Luciano et al, , 2014Parra-Delgado and Latorre-Postigo, 2013;Garcia-Palacios et al, 2015;Karlsson et al, 2015).…”