NCT06702839

Effect of BETY on Biopsychosocial States Associated With Chronic Pain in Rheumatic Individuals.

Investigation of the Effects of BETY on Biopsychosocial Status, Functionality, Mood and Quality of Life of Individuals Diagnosed With Rheumatism and Related to Chronic Pain: A Retrospective Controlled Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 300 (actual)
• Sponsor: Eastern Mediterranean University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 75 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

No study has been found in the literature investigating the effectiveness of an innovative exercise approach defined on a biopsychosocial basis and having its own original scale on individuals with rheumatism over the years. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the effects of the Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach on the biopsychosocial conditions related to chronic pain; functionality, mood and quality of life of individuals with rheumatism diagnosis and to examine the effectiveness of BETY as a routine exercise approach by presenting the results compared with the control group.

Detailed description

Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach (BETY) is an innovative exercise approach developed through the participation of rheumatic individuals in exercise sessions for many years. The main purpose of BETY is to transfer the patient's negative cognitions about their disease to a positive cognition level through functional gains through exercise. Thus, cognitive restructuring will be achieved. In order to correctly organize the optimum treatment, rheumatic patients need to be evaluated biopsychosocially. Individual-centered scales that evaluate the disease process are currently considered at least as much as objective tests in determining treatment effectiveness and are increasingly used in clinical practice. Due to the multidimensional structure of chronic diseases, there is a need for measurement tools that evaluate individuals in a biopsychosocial context. BETY-Biopsychosocial Scale (BETY-BQ) was developed for this purpose with the feedback of the recovery characteristics of rheumatic individuals who participated in BETY sessions over the years.

Conditions

• Rheumatic Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	BETY (Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach )	Individuals with rheumatism were included in BETY sessions after the first session, which included functional gain with function-focused trunk stabilization exercises for their complaints and chronic pain management training based on neuroscience. BETY sessions included function-focused trunk stabilization exercises, chronic pain management, mood information management (dance therapy - authentic movement) as innovative. Individuals were included in a separate session of sexual information management and sleep education. 3 days a week for 3 months
OTHER	Home exercise program	Exercises have been shown and a brochure has been given The individuals in this group were mostly individuals from out of town who were given home exercise recommendations directed by a rheumatologist.

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-08-01
• Primary completion: 2023-08-01
• Completion: 2023-08-01
• First posted: 2024-11-25
• Last updated: 2025-12-02

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)