Development of a Mobile Application to Promote Self-care in Patients With Fibromyalgia

University of Sao Paulo General Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia

Treatments: Device: Paper booklet; Device: ProFibro (Mobile application)

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03004911

274/14

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to test the efficacy of a mobile application named ProFibro to promote self-care, and improve symptoms and health-related quality of life in Brazilian patients with fibromyalgia.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 19 to 59 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• diagnosis of fibromyalgia, according to the 2010 American College of Rheumatology diagnostic criteria
• smartphone user
• complete primary education

Exclusion criteria

• being in physical therapy treatment for fibromyalgia or having been treated in the last 3 months
• diagnosis of other chronic pain conditions (neuropathies, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis or cancer)
• severe mental disorders (schizophrenia, psychosis, bipolar affective disorder, severe depression)
• moderate or severe intellectual disability
• hearing or visual impairment

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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40 participants in 2 patient groups

Mobile application

Experimental group

Treatment:

Device: ProFibro (Mobile application)

Paper booklet

Active Comparator group

Treatment:

Device: Paper booklet