Nursing Intervention

The study design was a control and treatment group experimental longitudinal study with outcome measures obtained at pretest and every 3 months for 1 year (Wassem et al., 2001). The sample population consisted of 71 patients; 88% were female and both male and female groups had a mean age range of 51 years (Wassem et al., 2001, 36). The mean numbers of years with FM among the sample was 8, with a degree of disability mean of 5 (Wassem et al., 2001, 36). Questionnaires used four instruments that were fashioned to measure adjustment, self-efficacy, symptom severity, and demographic/FM characteristics. The Self-efficacy for Adjustment Behaviors Scale (SEAB) was used. In order to test the validity of the construct, SEAB scores were corr

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ence in their life. The researchers concluded that customizing treatment based on psychosocial profile would lead to enhanced treatment efficacy. It is notable that the literature in these four areas is mixed but suggests that FM patients can engage in moderate aerobic exercise safely without exacerbation of their symptoms and that a comprehensive plan of management is necessary for this patient population so that they might better adjust physically, emotionally, and socially. While the exercise and/or education-only programs are cost effective, they are not effective in helping FM patients to manage their illness. The comprehensive programs at Seattle and Portland are more successful but expensive due to the use of multiple specialists. This problem is compounded by the fact that few FM patients have the resources nor the opportunity to relocate for extended periods of time to the west coast for treatment. Nursing Intervention: Fibromyalgia Rehabilitation Program (FM-REHAB) This article reports the results of a nursing intervention program that incorporates the successes of previous work in this area. Most important, the FM REHAB program is unique in that it focuses on the management of the primary symptoms (pain,
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