Resumen
Introducción. La fibromialgia es una enfermedad reumática crónica cuya principal característica es un dolor agudo y persistente en la mayor parte del cuerpo. Se ha demostrado que los síntomas de depresión en pacientes con fibromialgia puede empeorar el curso de la enfermedad y acentuar el dolor. El objetivo del presente estudio fue comparar el efecto de dos terapias psicológicas para reducir la sintomatología depresiva en 27 mujeres con fibromialgia. Método. Las participantes fueron asignadas aleatoriamente a la terapia de compasión basada en los estilos de apego (ABCT) o a la terapia de aceptación y compromiso (ACT). Se administró a las participantes la DASS-D, una escala que mide depresión en tres momentos temporales: antes, después y a los tres meses de concluido el tratamiento. Se llevó a cabo un análisis de varianza con medidas repetidas mediante el programa SPSS. Resultados. La reducción de la depresión después del tratamiento fue significativamente mayor en el grupo ABCT que en el grupo ACT, manteniéndose este efecto a los tres meses de seguimiento. Discusión y conclusiones. Al parecer, la ABCT es un tratamiento más eficaz que la ACT para reducir los síntomas depresivos en pacientes con fibromialgia.
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