NCT02406313

Fibromyalgia Therapeutic Education in Thermal Cure

Evaluation of the Efficiency of a Therapeutic Education Program in Standardized Thermal Cure for Fibromyalgia Patients

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 152 (actual)
• Sponsor: Association Francaise pour la Recherche Thermale · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The study evaluates the efficiency, in terms of quality of life improvement, of a patient's therapeutic education program (ETP), based on long term commitment in adapted physical activities carried out during a standardized thermal cure (CTS) for fibromyalgia among patients continuing regular drug treatment or not

Detailed description

Fibromyalgia is a poorly known and understood disease. Patients suffer from pain, fatigue, sleep disorders, anxiety, depression, preventing them from moving and going out, resulting in an alteration of social life. Multiple drugs treatment is frequently used but is burdensome and poorly effective. However, thermal cure proved efficacious to improve quality of life during the cure and beyond. This study aims at demonstrating the added value of a patient's therapeutic education program provided during a thermal cure, a moment where patients are available and receptive to guidance.

Conditions

• Fibromyalgia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	CTS	Standardized Thermal Cure
OTHER	ETP	Patient Therapeutic Education

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-03-01
• Primary completion: 2017-09-01
• Completion: 2018-12-31
• First posted: 2015-04-02
• Last updated: 2018-11-14

Locations

1 site across 1 country: France