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 |
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Interventions | "Interactional School of Fibromyalgia" "Control" |
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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) |
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Notes | December 2009 search No data Yates quality scale: total quality = 13/35, design quality = 10/26, treatment quality = 3/9 |
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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 |