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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Contemp Clin Trials. 2010 Sep 7;32(1):59–68. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2010.08.014

Table 1.

Intervention Schedule

Study timeline Motivational Interviewing (MI) Attention-control (AC)
Week 1: Visit 1 2. Watch video: FM and benefits of exercise
3. Individualized exercise prescription and
supervision
Week 2: Visit 2 1. Review of exercise prescription
2. Individualized exercise supervision
Week 3: Phone
session 1		 Self-motivational statements Overview of FM
Week 4: Phone
session 2		 Optimism about change and
intention to change		 Pain*
Week 6: Phone
session 3		 Communicating free choices Fatigue
Week 8: Phone
session 4		 Commitment to exercise Sleep
Week 10:Phone
session 5		 Reinforce any approximation
of progress & review reasons
for maintaining changes		 Stress
Week 12: Phone
session 6		 Barriers to exercise adherence Living well with FM
*

Included a short discussion on the general benefits of exercise for fibromyalgia.