Internet versus face-to-face group cognitive-behavioral therapy for fibromyalgia: A randomized control trial

Efficacy, acceptability and safety of Internet‐delivered psychological therapies for fibromyalgia syndrome: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of randomized controlled trials

“…According to the predefined categories, three studies were high‐quality studies (low risk of bias overall) (Williams et al., ; Davis and Zautra, ; Hedman‐Lagerlöf et al., ), two studies were moderate quality studies (unclear risk of bias overall) (Vallejo et al., ; Friesen et al., ) and one study was a low‐quality study (high risk of bias overall) (Menga et al., ; see Fig. for risk of bias graph and Supporting Information Table for details).…”

“…Vallejo et al. () reported statistically significant small intragroup effect sizes for health‐related quality of life and large intragroup effects for coping with pain.…”

“…We excluded one study which was not based on an established psychological framework to our opinion (Brattberg, 2008). We inluced six studies (Williams et al, 2010;Davis and Zautra, 2013;Friesen et al, 2017;Menga et al, 2014;Vallejo et al, 2015;Hedman-Lagerl€ of et al, 2018) with seven study arms into the qualitative and quantitative analysis (see Fig. 1).…”

“…Three studies were conducted in the USA (Williams et al, 2010;Davis and Zautra, 2013;Menga et al, 2014), two studies in Europe (Sweden: Hedman-Lagerl€ of et al, 2018; Spain: Vallejo et al, 2015) and one in Canada (Friesen et al, 2017).…”

Fibromyalgia is associated to receiving chronic medications beyond appropriateness: a cross-sectional study

“…In the absence of more appropriate resources—such as the psychological therapy mentioned before—the option of a drug prescription is an evident risk that should be avoided [27, 28]. …”