Internet-Delivered Acceptance and Values-Based Exposure Treatment for Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Study

Internet versus face-to-face group cognitive-behavioral therapy for fibromyalgia: A randomized control trial

“…Similar results have been obtained by other authors (Castel et al 2012;Lj otsson et al 2013). The reduction in FIQ scores was expected in the iCBT group, but this reduction was not found in the WL or iCBT groups.…”

Efficacy and Cost-effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Applied Relaxation for Longstanding Pain

“…The total cost reductions after ACT and the correlation between reductions in symptoms and total costs during treatment, correspond with a previous study evaluating an internet-delivered ACT-based treatment for fibromyalgia. 24 Notably, results from interdisciplinary treatments and CBT for longstanding pain, 22,23 indicate a long-term effect of treatment on healthcare-related cost reductions, which implies the need to further analyze the long-term healtheconomic effects of ACT.…”

“…There is some evidence that CBT and interdisciplinary treatments for longstanding pain reduce healthcare-related costs. 22,23 One study has indicated that internet-delivered ACT may be costeffective for persons with fibromyalgia 24 ; however, cost-effectiveness has still not been determined for AR.…”

Effectiveness of Three Types of Interventions in Patients with Fibromyalgia in a Region of Southern Catalonia

“…The perception of pain in FM patients after a behavior intervention is a controversial issue and the results reported to date are contradictory. Some studies report a slight decrease in pain with no statistical significance (Comeche & Vallejo, 2012;Redondo et al, 2004), while others report a decrease after participants had followed a cognitive-behavioral therapy (Hassett & Williams, 2011;Ljotsson et al, 2014;Luciano et al, 2014;Nuesch, Hauser, Bernardy, Barth, & Juni, 2013;Sarzi-Puttini et al, 2011); a health education program consisting of four 1-hour sessions conducted in a primary healthcare center significantly improved pain in 65 people with FM (Bosch Romero, Saenz Moya, Valls Esteve, & Vinolas Valer, 2002). The fact that infiltration reduced both depression and pain by the same percentage is consistent with the hypothesis that an improvement in anxiety leads to a significant reduction in pain (P erez-Pareja et al, 2004).…”