Trial reportThe Clinical journal of pain2013
Research to encourage exercise for fibromyalgia (REEF): use of motivational interviewing, outcomes from a randomized-controlled trial.
Trial report in The Clinical journal of pain, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02581332 (The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Fibromyalgia-Related Pain), which is not on this map. Cited by 29 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Fibromyalgia-Related Pain
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 76 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of behavioural interventions with motivational interviewing on physical activity outcomes in adults: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2024Pooled it
- Behaviour change interventions targeting physical activity in adults with fibromyalgia: a systematic review.Rheumatology international · 2019Pooled it
- Mind and body therapy for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015Pooled it
- Individualized cognitive-behavioral therapy improves anxiety, depression, sleep quality, hopelessness, and disease severity in fibromyalgia syndrome: a single-blind randomized controlled trial.Rheumatology international · 2026Trial
- Obesity Moderates the Effects of Motivational Interviewing Treatment Outcomes in Fibromyalgia.The Clinical journal of pain · 2018Trial
- Sustained Benefits of Exercise-based Motivational Interviewing, but Only among Nonusers of Opioids in Patients with Fibromyalgia.The Journal of rheumatology · 2017Trial
- Determining the Minimal Clinically Important Difference for 6-Minute Walk Distance in Fibromyalgia.American journal of physical medicine & rehabilitation · 2016Trial
- Does increasing steps per day predict improvement in physical function and pain interference in adults with fibromyalgia?Arthritis care & research · 2014Trial
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- Effect of moderate to vigorous physical activity on long-term clinical outcomes and pain severity in fibromyalgia.Arthritis care & research · 2013Trial
- Functional Fitness Deficits in Women with Fibromyalgia Relative to Later-Life Independence Standards: Contributions of Sedentary Time and Physical Activity.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Global mapping of physical activity promotion strategies in Fibromyalgia- A comprehensive methodological scoping review protocol.MethodsX · 2025Article
- Virtual Motivational Interviewing (VIMINT) to support physical activity: Experiences of older adults and counsellors.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
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- Duloxetine and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Phone-based Support for the Treatment of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain: Study Protocol of the PRECICE Randomized Control Trial.Research square · 2024Article
- How to Generate Self-Efficacy despite Pain: The Role of Catastrophizing and Avoidance in Women with Fibromyalgia.Biomedicines · 2023Article
- Pain-Related Worrying and Goal Preferences Determine Walking Persistence in Women with Fibromyalgia.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Distress as a mediator for pain and activities of daily living in older adults with fibromyalgia.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Article
- Adherence to and the Maintenance of Self-Management Behaviour in Older People with Musculoskeletal Pain-A Scoping Review and Theoretical Models.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
- Postural counseling represents a novel option in pain management of fibromyalgia patients.Journal of pain research · 2019Article
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8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectivesRegular exercise is associated with important benefits in patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Unfortunately, long-term maintenance of exercise after a structured program is rare. The present study tested the efficacy of Motivational Interviewing (MI) to promote exercise and improve symptoms in patients with FM.
methodsA total of 216 patients with FM were randomized to 6 MI sessions (n=107) or an equal number of FM self-management lessons (education control/EC, n=109). Co-primary endpoints were an increase of 30 minutes in moderate-vigorous physical activity and improvement in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ)-Physical Impairment score, assessed at pretreatment, posttreatment, and 3-month and 6-month follow-up. Secondary outcomes included clinically meaningful improvements in FIQ score, pain severity ratings, and a 6-minute walk test.
resultsThere were no significant treatment group differences in either co-primary endpoint at 6-month follow-up. However, more MI participants than controls exhibited meaningful improvements in FIQ score at 6-month follow-up (62.9% vs. 49.5%, P=0.06). Compared with EC participants, MI participants also displayed a larger increment in their 6-minute walk test (43.9 vs. 24.8 m, P=0.03). In addition, MI was superior to EC in increasing the number of hours of physical activity immediately postintervention and in reducing pain severity both immediately after the intervention and at 3-month follow-up.
conclusionsDespite a lack of benefits on long-term outcome, MI seems to have short-term benefits with respect to self-report physical activity and clinical outcomes. This is the first study in FM that explicitly addresses exercise maintenance as a primary aim.
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