Obesity Moderates the Effects of Motivational Interviewing Treatment Outcomes in Fibromyalgia
Objective:
Obesity is a common comorbid condition among patients with fibromyalgia (FM). Our objective was to assess if obesity moderates the treatment benefits of exercise-based motivational interviewing (MI) for FM.
Materials and Methods:
This is a secondary data analysis of a completed clinical trial of 198 FM patients who were randomized to receive either MI or attention control (AC). Using body mass index (BMI) to divide participants into obese (BMI≥30 kg/m2) and nonobese (BMI
Source: The Clinical Journal of Pain - Category: Anesthesiology Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research
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