Online Mindfulness Training Versus Health Education for Fibromyalgia (EGIFT)

Arizona State University (ASU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fibromyalgia

Treatments: Other: Health Education; Behavioral: Mindfulness Emotion Regulation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT01748786

AZIMHR-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to compare an online 12-module intervention designed to improve emotion regulation and social relations via mindfulness training with a 12-module program that provides information about health behaviors to individuals with fibromyalgia. The mindfulness training program is expected to produce greater day-to-day improvements than the education condition in individuals' efficacy for coping with pain and stress, positive and negative affect, and positive engagement in social relations assessed via online diaries completed each evening during the intervention period.

Enrollment: 94 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• At least 18 years of age
• Self-report of physician diagnosis of fibromyalgia
• Able to read and understand English
• Daily access to the internet

Exclusion criteria

• Self-report of more than 5 past episodes of depression

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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94 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Mindfulness Emotion Regulation

Experimental group

Description:

12 on-line modules targeting social and emotional regulation through mindfulness training

Treatment:

Behavioral: Mindfulness Emotion Regulation

Placebo

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

12 on-line modules providing information regarding health behaviors

Treatment:

Other: Health Education