Trial reportArthritis research & therapy2011
Effectiveness of cognitive behaviour therapy for the treatment of catastrophisation in patients with fibromyalgia: a randomised controlled trial.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 75 citations in OpenAlex.
- Efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy for musculoskeletal pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Pooled it
- Clinical, neurophysiological and neurochemical effects of non-invasive electrical brain stimulation in fibromyalgia syndrome-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2025Pooled it
- Behavioural modification interventions for medically unexplained symptoms in primary care: systematic reviews and economic evaluation.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Pooled it
- Psychological therapies for the management of chronic pain (excluding headache) in adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Comparative evaluation of group-based mindfulness-based stress reduction and cognitive behavioural therapy for the treatment and management of chronic pain: A systematic review and network meta-analysis.Evidence-based mental health · 2019Pooled it
- Mind and body therapy for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Cognitive behavioural therapies for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Systematic review of psychological treatment in fibromyalgia.Current pain and headache reports · 2013Pooled it
- Effectiveness of a structured group intervention based on pain neuroscience education for patients with fibromyalgia in primary care: A multicentre randomized open-label controlled trial.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2021Trial
- Cost-utility of cognitive behavioral therapy versus U.S. Food and Drug Administration recommended drugs and usual care in the treatment of patients with fibromyalgia: an economic evaluation alongside a 6-month randomized controlled trial.Arthritis research & therapy · 2014Trial
- Changes in pain catastrophizing predict later changes in fibromyalgia clinical and experimental pain report: cross-lagged panel analyses of dispositional and situational catastrophizing.Arthritis research & therapy · 2012Trial
- Cognitive Domain Impairments in Chronic Painful Temporomandibular Disorders: Associations With Pain Intensity, Hypervigilance and Catastrophising: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of oral rehabilitation · 2026Article
- Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance- and Mindfulness-Based Treatments in Adults with Bodily Distress: A Network Meta-Analysis.Psychotherapy and psychosomatics · 2025Article
- Pain Catastrophizing: How Far Have We Come.Neurology international · 2024Review
- A Single-Session Process-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Combined with Multimodal Rehabilitation Treatment for Chronic Pain Associated with Emotional Disorders.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Cognitive-behavioral therapy and acceptance and commitment therapy for anxiety and depression in patients with fibromyalgia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Medicine and pharmacy reports · 2024Review
- Evaluation of emotion-centric psychological interventions for chronic pain: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Internet-Administered Emotional Awareness and Expression Therapy for Somatic Symptom Disorder With Centralized Symptoms: A Preliminary Efficacy Trial.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Article
- Group Psychotherapy With Fibromyalgia Patients: A Systematic Review.Archives of rheumatology · 2019Review
- Poor Illness Perceptions Are a Risk Factor for Depressive and Anxious Symptomatology in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: A Longitudinal Cohort Study.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2017Article
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Abstract
introductionNo randomised, controlled trials have been conducted to date on the efficacy of psychological and pharmacological treatments of pain catastrophising (PC) in patients with fibromyalgia. Our aim in this study was to assess the effectiveness of cognitive-behaviour therapy (CBT) and the recommended pharmacological treatment (RPT) compared with treatment as usual (TAU) at the primary care level for the treatment of PC in fibromyalgia patients.
methodsWe conducted a six-month, multicenter, randomized, blinded, parallel group, controlled trial in which patients were randomly assigned to one of three study arms: CBT (n = 57), RPT (n = 56) and TAU at the primary care level (n = 56). The major outcome of this study was PC in patients with fibromyalgia. The secondary variables were pain acceptance, depression, anxiety, pain, global function and quality of life.
resultsCBT significantly decreased global PC at the six-month follow-up examination with effect sizes of Cohen's d = 0.73 and 1.01 compared with RPT and TAU, respectively. CBT was also more effective than RPT and TAU at increasing pain acceptance at the six-month follow-up examination (effect sizes of Cohen's d = 0.77 and 0.80, respectively). Compared with RPT and TAU, CBT was more effective at improving global function based on the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (six-month effect sizes Cohen's d = 0.44 and 0.53, respectively) and quality of life based on the European Quality of Life Scale (six-month effect sizes Cohen's d = 0.11 and 0.40, respectively). There were no differences among the three treatments with regard to pain and depression.
conclusionsCBT shows higher efficacy than RPT and TAU not only in key outcomes in FM, such as function and quality of life, but also in relevant mediators of treatment effects, such as pain catastrophising and pain acceptance.
trial registrationISRCTN: ISRCTN10804772.
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