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. 2012 Nov 14;2012(11):CD007407. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD007407.pub3

De Souza 2008.

Methods RCT; 2 arms; assessed at pre‐treatment, post‐treatment, 4 months, 12 months
Participants End of treatment n =  55
Start of treatment n = 60
Sex: 60 F, 0 M
Mean age =  49.6 (SD 7.0)
Source = not stated
Diagnosis = fibromyalgia
Mean years of pain = 12.4
Interventions "Interactional School of Fibromyalgia"
"Control"
Outcomes Primary pain outcome: MPI pain severity
Primary disability outcome: MPI interference with daily activity
Primary mood outcome: none
Catastrophising outcome: none
1. VAS pain (pain diary)
2. MPI pain severity
3. MPI pain interference daily activity
4. MPI control over pain
5. MPI mood
6. MPI family and social support
7. VAS suffering (pain diary)
8. VAS ability to do daily activity (pain diary)
Notes December 2009 search
No data
Yates quality scale: total quality = 13/35, design quality = 10/26, treatment quality = 3/9
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) High risk “randomly assigned”
Allocation concealment (selection bias) High risk Not reported
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Attrition partially reported; no test for differences
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Fully reported
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) 
 All outcomes High risk Not reported