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Relaxation and guided imagery in Hispanic persons diagnosed with fibromyalgia: a pilot study.
Full 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.
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Author information
Author/s: Menzies, Victoria (V); Kim, Sunny (S);
Affiliation: School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23298, USA. vsmenzies(-atsign-)vcu.edu
Journal and publication information
Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Journal: Family & community health (Fam Community Health), published in United States. (Language: eng)
Reference: -2008 Jul-Sep; vol 31 (issue 3) : pp 204-12
Dates: Created 2008/06/16; Completed 2008/08/14;
PMID: 18552601, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)
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