Outcome
Type |
Measure |
Description |
Time frame |
Safety issue |
Primary |
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) at baseline |
The FIQR is an instrument that assesses the current health status of patients with fibromyalgia in clinical and research settings; it comprised three domains: physical function, overall effect of fibromyalgia, and fibromyalgia symptoms (pain, fatigue, un refreshing sleep, stiffness, anxiety, depression, tenderness to touch, memory, balance and environmental sensitivity). All 21 questions are graded on a 0-10 numeric scale (no difficulty to very difficult); higher FIQR score indicates greater symptom severity. The reliability coefficients ranged from 0.56 on the pain score to 0.95 for physical function. A Chinese version of the FIQR will be used. |
baseline |
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Primary |
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) after the 10 weeks of training period |
The FIQR is an instrument that assesses the current health status of patients with fibromyalgia in clinical and research settings; it comprised three domains: physical function, overall effect of fibromyalgia, and fibromyalgia symptoms (pain, fatigue, un refreshing sleep, stiffness, anxiety, depression, tenderness to touch, memory, balance and environmental sensitivity). All 21 questions are graded on a 0-10 numeric scale (no difficulty to very difficult); higher FIQR score indicates greater symptom severity. The reliability coefficients ranged from 0.56 on the pain score to 0.95 for physical function. A Chinese version of the FIQR will be used. |
after the 10 weeks of training period |
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Primary |
Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) at 3 months postintervention |
The FIQR is an instrument that assesses the current health status of patients with fibromyalgia in clinical and research settings; it comprised three domains: physical function, overall effect of fibromyalgia, and fibromyalgia symptoms (pain, fatigue, un refreshing sleep, stiffness, anxiety, depression, tenderness to touch, memory, balance and environmental sensitivity). All 21 questions are graded on a 0-10 numeric scale (no difficulty to very difficult); higher FIQR score indicates greater symptom severity. The reliability coefficients ranged from 0.56 on the pain score to 0.95 for physical function. A Chinese version of the FIQR will be used. |
3 months postintervention |
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Primary |
World Health Organization Quality of Life - BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) at baseline |
This study will use the WHOQOL-BREF to determine participants' overall QOL. The WHOQOL-BREF was developed by World Health Organization (WHO)76, which is a brief self-report instrument to measure subjects' overall quality of life. The WHOQOL-BREF is a 26-item instrument consisting of four domains: physical health (7 items), psychological health (6 items), social relationships (3 items), and environmental health (8 items); it also contains QOL and general health items. Each individual item of the WHOQOL-BREF is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale. The scores are then transformed linearly to a 0-100-scale. The Taiwan version of WHOQOL-BREF which contains 28 items has a Cronbach's a for internal consistency of 0.70 to 0.77. |
baseline |
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Primary |
World Health Organization Quality of Life - BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) after the 10 weeks of training period |
This study will use the WHOQOL-BREF to determine participants' overall QOL. The WHOQOL-BREF was developed by World Health Organization (WHO)76, which is a brief self-report instrument to measure subjects' overall quality of life. The WHOQOL-BREF is a 26-item instrument consisting of four domains: physical health (7 items), psychological health (6 items), social relationships (3 items), and environmental health (8 items); it also contains QOL and general health items. Each individual item of the WHOQOL-BREF is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale. The scores are then transformed linearly to a 0-100-scale. The Taiwan version of WHOQOL-BREF which contains 28 items has a Cronbach's a for internal consistency of 0.70 to 0.77. |
after the 10 weeks of training period |
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Primary |
World Health Organization Quality of Life - BREF (WHOQOL-BREF) at 3 months postintervention |
This study will use the WHOQOL-BREF to determine participants' overall QOL. The WHOQOL-BREF was developed by World Health Organization (WHO)76, which is a brief self-report instrument to measure subjects' overall quality of life. The WHOQOL-BREF is a 26-item instrument consisting of four domains: physical health (7 items), psychological health (6 items), social relationships (3 items), and environmental health (8 items); it also contains QOL and general health items. Each individual item of the WHOQOL-BREF is scored from 1 to 5 on a response scale, which is stipulated as a five-point ordinal scale. The scores are then transformed linearly to a 0-100-scale. The Taiwan version of WHOQOL-BREF which contains 28 items has a Cronbach's a for internal consistency of 0.70 to 0.77. |
3 months postintervention |
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Secondary |
Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) |
The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II), a scale designed to assess depression symptom severity, will be used to assess depressive symptoms in this study. The BDI II is a self-administered 21-item questionnaire in which responses are ranked from 0 to 3, with greater scores corresponding to more frequent symptoms. The BDI-II has high internal consistency (a = 0.91), and an average test-retest reliability of 0.72 across 20 studies. The BDI-II scores range between 0 and 63, with increasing scores indicating more severe ratings of depression. BDI-II yields reliable, internally consistent and valid scores in a primary care medical setting. A Chinese version of the BDI-II will be used. |
baseline,after the 10 weeks of training period (posttest 1), and at 3 months postintervention (posttest 2) |
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Secondary |
Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) |
The Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)-Chinese version, a 21-question multiple-choice self-report questionnaire will be used for measuring the severity of anxiety. The BAI is a 4-point Likert-type rating scale that measures a person's feeling of being bothered by his/her symptoms in the past week (0 = not bothered at all, 3 = almost unbearable). Each item is descriptive of subjective, somatic, or panic-related symptoms of anxiety. The BAI has a maximum score of 63 with higher scores representing higher levels of anxiety. Previous research results have supported its reliability and validity. A Chinese version of the BAI will be used. |
baseline, after the 10 weeks of training period (posttest 1), and at 3 months postintervention (posttest 2) |
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Secondary |
Pain Catastrophizing Scale (PCS) |
The PCS is a self-administered questionnaire consisting of 13 items that assess negative emotional and cognitive processes (e.g., helplessness, rumination, pessimism, and magnification of symptoms) will be used to evaluate pain catastrophizing. The PCS uses a 5-point scale to measure the frequency with which individuals experience pain-related thoughts and feelings. Participants are asked to indicate the degree to which they have certain thoughts and feelings when they are experiencing pain using the 0 (not at all) to 4 (all the time) scale; a total score is yielded (ranging from 0-52), along with three subscale scores assessing rumination, magnification and helplessness. The PCS has been shown to have adequate to excellent internal consistency and concurrent validity82. A validated Chinese version of the PCS will be used. |
baseline, after the 10 weeks of training period (posttest 1), and at 3 months postintervention (posttest 2) |
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Secondary |
Pain Self-Efficacy Questionnaire (PSEQ) |
The PSEQ is a 10-item self-report inventory that assesses the strength and generality of a patient's self-efficacy beliefs and his or her confidence to accomplish a range of activities in the presence of chronic pain. Patients are asked to rate how confident they are at that time despite the presence of their pain in performing ten activities listed by selecting a number on a 7 point scale, where 0 equals ''not at all confident'' and 6 equals ''completely confident''. Scores on the PSEQ may range from 0 to 60, with higher scores indicating stronger self-efficacy beliefs. The Cronbach's a for internal consistency is 0.9285. A validated Chinese version of the PSEQ will be used. |
baseline, after the 10 weeks of training period (posttest 1), and at 3 months postintervention (posttest 2) |
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