In-Patient Treatment of Fibromyalgia: A Controlled Nonrandomized Comparison of Conventional Medicine versus Integrative Medicine including Fasting Therapy
Table 1
Baseline characteristics.
Characteristics
Integrative medicine group
Rheumatology group
value
Male/Female, No.
0/28
2/18
Age, years
0.516
Body mass index, kg/m2
0.281
SBP, mm Hg
0.072
DBP, mm Hg
0.656
Physical well-being
0.089
Practice of exercise, No. /(%)
21 (75.0%)
13 (65.0%)
0.452
Practice of Relaxation, No. /(%)
8 (28.5%)
5 (25.0%)
0.784
FIQ score
0.004
Pain score
0.135
Quality of sleep
0.191
STAI state score
0.027
STAI trait score
0.341
HADS-Anxiety
0.607
HADS-Depression
0.055
Values are mean SD if not indicated otherwise. SBP: systolic blood pressure; DBP: diastolic blood pressure. STAI: State and Trait Anxiety questionnaire, FIQ: Fibromyalgia impact questionnaire; HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression scale.
