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

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.

• Authors: Victoria Menzies, Sunny Kim
• Journal: Family & community health (Fam Community Health) 2008 Jul-Sep Vol. 31 Issue 3 Pg. 204-12 ISSN: 1550-5057 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 18552601 (Publication Type: Clinical Trial, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)

Topics

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