Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
Pharmakon or the healing art: experience of artistic-transformative transdisciplinary workshops in fibromyalgia syndrome
Authors' conclusion
Our research shows that art as TA leads to significant improvements of the psychophysical condition of FMS patients.
Study context
- Population
- Patients with FM109 completed
- Exposure
- Three transformative art online workshops
- Outcome
- Efficacy in terms of quality of life and sleep, self-esteem, self-efficacy
- Follow-up
- Post-workshop
Methodological details8-month, online workshops, pre-post (baseline and post-workshop)
- 8-month
- Online workshops
- Pre-post (baseline and post-workshop)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Change from baseline to post-workshop
- Overall, statistically significant improvement of Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Response to Stressful Experiences Scale (RSES), WHO-5 and Global Health scale
- No significant difference for the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale
- Group 1: improvement in almost all parameters
- Group 2: sleep and the 3rd dimension of SAP improved
- Group 3: self-esteem and WHO-5 improved
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Baseline clinimetric variables
- No differences among the three groups
Original publication
Pharmakon or the healing art: experience of artistic-transformative transdisciplinary workshops in fibromyalgia syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 12 March 2024. doi:10.
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