Relaxation and guided imagery in Hispanic persons diagnosed with fibromyalgia: a pilot study

Fam Community Health. 2008 Jul-Sep;31(3):204-12. doi: 10.1097/01.FCH.0000324477.48083.08.

Abstract

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain disorder affecting 2% of the population in the United States. Another 16 million Hispanics suffer from generically identified rheumatic diseases that likely include FM. Because there are few reported studies of Hispanics with FM, a pilot study using a repeated-measures pretest-posttest design investigated the effects of a 10-week mind-body intervention (visual imagery with relaxation) on symptom management. The change in means from baseline to week 10 demonstrated improvement in self-efficacy for managing pain and other symptoms and functional status. Visual imagery with relaxation is a mind-body intervention that may be used for symptom management in this population.

Publication types

  • Clinical Trial
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Fibromyalgia / ethnology
  • Fibromyalgia / psychology
  • Fibromyalgia / therapy*
  • Hispanic or Latino
  • Humans
  • Imagery, Psychotherapy / methods*
  • Pain / prevention & control
  • Pain / psychology
  • Pain Management
  • Pain Measurement / methods
  • Pilot Projects
  • Self Efficacy
  • Sickness Impact Profile