Abstract
to analyze the integrated community therapy model for the empowerment of people living with fibromyalgia and discuss the impact of this interdisciplinary intervention in the health-disease process and self-care. a participatory-approach qualitative study, developed in 2015 with 11 participants at the Laboratory of Physiology Applied to Physical Education of the Rio de Janeiro State University, RJ. Data production comprised World Café, participant observation and semi-structured interview. The analysis was performed according to Bardin, through data triangulation in dialogue with the relevant literature. the integrated community therapy group is a driving force in building and expanding knowledge about fibromyalgia and in self-care empowerment. this group strategy proved to be an interdisciplinary praxis tool that enables the development of solidary care networks. Thus, shared knowledge was generated, transformed into a listening and reflection environment to manage personal and family obstacles.
Highlights
The characteristic of Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs) has required changes in care practice in order to surpass the Cartesian model and develop an interdisciplinary care praxis that addresses the physical body in its somatic, psychic and spiritual dimensions, involving different views, interdisciplinary knowledge, and liberating teaching practices for life[1].The context of NCDs has drawn attention, especially those that cause chronic pain and subject people to different degrees of disability, as is the case of people experiencing fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a rheumatic condition characterized by musculoskeletal complaints of diffuse pain and the presence of tender points in anatomically well-defined regions
This study aimed to analyze the integrated community therapy model for the empowerment of people living with fibromyalgia and discuss the impact of this interdisciplinary intervention in the health-disease process and self-care
Summary
The context of NCDs has drawn attention, especially those that cause chronic pain and subject people to different degrees of disability, as is the case of people experiencing fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). Such patients have arrived at health care centers complaining of aches, discouraged, sad, suffering, with persistent chronic pain and no diagnosis to begin treatment. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a rheumatic condition characterized by musculoskeletal complaints of diffuse pain and the presence of tender points in anatomically well-defined regions. Added to these symptoms are fatigue, sleeping disorders, morning stiffness, limb paresthesia, subjective feelings of swelling and cognitive disorders. Studies have pointed to depression, anxiety, chronic fatigue syndrome, myofascial pain syndrome, irritable bowel syndrome, and nonspecific urethral syndrome as the most frequent symptoms[2]
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