In-Patient Treatment of Fibromyalgia : A Controlled Nonrandomized Comparison of Conventional Medicine versus Integrative Medicine including Fasting Therapy
Joint Authors
Meier, Larissa
Lüdtke, Rainer
Li, Chenying
Michalsen, Andreas
Kaiser, Katharina
Kessler, Christian S.
Stange, Rainer
Source
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-7, 7 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-01-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Fibromyalgia poses a challenge for therapy.
Recent guidelines suggest that fibromyalgia should be treated within a multidisciplinary therapy approach.
No data are available that evaluated multimodal treatment strategies of Integrative Medicine (IM).
We conducted a controlled, nonrandomized pilot study that compared two inpatient treatment strategies, an IM approach that included fasting therapy and a conventional rheumatology (CM) approach.
IM used fasting cure and Mind-Body-Medicine as specific methods.
Of 48 included consecutive patients, 28 were treated with IM, 20 with CM.
Primary outcome was change in the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) score after the 2-week hospital stay.
Secondary outcomes included scores of pain, depression, anxiety, and well being.
Assessments were repeated after 12 weeks.
At 2 weeks, there were significant improvements in the FIQ (P<0.014) and for most of secondary outcomes for the IM group compared to the CM group.
The beneficial effects for the IM approach were reduced after 12 weeks and no longer statistically significant with the exception of anxiety.
Findings indicate that a multimodal IM treatment with fasting therapy might be superior to CM in the short term and not inferior in the mid term.
Longer-term studies are warranted to assess the clinical impact of integrative multimodal treatment in fibromyalgia.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Michalsen, Andreas& Li, Chenying& Kaiser, Katharina& Lüdtke, Rainer& Meier, Larissa& Stange, Rainer…[et al.]. 2013. In-Patient Treatment of Fibromyalgia : A Controlled Nonrandomized Comparison of Conventional Medicine versus Integrative Medicine including Fasting Therapy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507248
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Michalsen, Andreas…[et al.]. In-Patient Treatment of Fibromyalgia : A Controlled Nonrandomized Comparison of Conventional Medicine versus Integrative Medicine including Fasting Therapy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507248
American Medical Association (AMA)
Michalsen, Andreas& Li, Chenying& Kaiser, Katharina& Lüdtke, Rainer& Meier, Larissa& Stange, Rainer…[et al.]. In-Patient Treatment of Fibromyalgia : A Controlled Nonrandomized Comparison of Conventional Medicine versus Integrative Medicine including Fasting Therapy. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-7.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-507248
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-507248