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Trial reportInternational journal of biometeorology2015

Does addition of 'mud-pack and hot pool treatment' to patient education make a difference in fibromyalgia patients? A randomized controlled single blind study.

Ali Osman Bağdatlı, Arif Donmez, Rıza Eröksüz, Güler Bahadır, Mustafa Turan, Nergis Erdoğan

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Trial report in International journal of biometeorology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
6.2field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Therapeutic Patient Education for Fibromyalgia during Spa Therapy: The FiETT Randomized Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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  15. Peloids as Thermotherapeutic Agents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  18. Sulphurous Mineral Waters: New Applications for Health.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2017
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ali Osman BağdatlıOptimed Medical Center, Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Salih Omurtak Caddesi No. 58, Çorlu, Tekirdağ, Turkey.
Arif DonmezIstanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey. donmeza@istanbul.edu.tr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7241-075X
Rıza EröksüzIstanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Güler BahadırIstanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Psychiatry Capa, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Mustafa TuranDepartment of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Gulhane Military School of Medicine, Etlik, Ankara, 06018, Turkey.
Nergis ErdoğanIstanbul Medical Faculty, Department of Medical Ecology and Hydroclimatology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
Istanbul University · TRTurkish Armed Forces · TR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this randomized controlled single-blind study is to explore whether addition of mud-pack and hot pool treatments to patient education make a significant difference in short and mild term outcomes of the patients with fibromyalgia. Seventy women with fibromyalgia syndrome were randomly assigned to either balneotherapy with mud-pack and hot pool treatments (35) or control (35) groups. After randomization, five patients from balneotherapy group and five patients from control group were dropped out from the study with different excuses. All patients had 6-h patient education programme about fibromyalgia syndrome and were given a home exercise programme. The patients in balneotherapy group had heated pool treatment at 38 °C for 20 min a day, and mud-pack treatment afterwards on back region at 45 °C. Balneotherapy was applied on weekdays for 2 weeks. All patients continued to take their medical treatment. An investigator who was blinded to the intervention assessed all the patients before and after the treatment, at the first and the third months of follow-up. Outcome measures were FIQ, BDI and both patient's and physician's global assessments. Balneotherapy group was significantly better than control group at after the treatment and at the end of the first month follow-up assessments in terms of patient's and physician's global assessment, total FIQ score, and pain intensity, fatigue, non-refreshed awaking, stiffness, anxiety and depression subscales of FIQ. No significant difference was found between the groups in terms of BDI scores. It is concluded that patient education combined with 2 weeks balneotherapy application has more beneficial effects in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome as compared to patient education alone.

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BalneologyMud TherapyAdultFemaleFibromyalgiaHumansMiddle AgedPatient Education as TopicSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeBalneotherapyChronic painFibromyalgia syndromeHydrotherapyMud packPatient education

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PMID25917265
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