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SUBMITTER: Ducamp P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9030628 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ducamp Philippe P Sichère Patrick P Gayum Hermine H Dubourg Karine K Roques Christian-François CF Journot Valérie V
International journal of environmental research and public health 20220411 8
Spa therapy is known to improve quality of life and diminish pain. We assessed the efficacy (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire-FIQ) and safety at 6 months of a fibromyalgia-specific therapeutic patient education (TPE) program added to fibromyalgia-specific standardized spa therapy (SST), compared to SST alone, in a controlled randomized trial. We enrolled 157 patients, mostly women, attending spa centers in Southwest France in 2015-2016, and randomized them to SST + TPE (79) or SST (78). The int ...[more]