Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.32903/zs.69.2.4
ROLE OF ART THERAPY IN MITIGATING SYMPTOMS OF FIBROMYALGIA
Sena Bogdanović
; Fakultet za dentalnu medicinu i zdravstvo Osijek
Sažetak
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a diagnosis given to patients with chronic musculoskeletal pain lasting more than three months and whose causes cannot be found in inflammation or tissue damage. This condition encompasses various symptoms, including fatigue, sleep disturbance, cognitive dysfunction, depression, and anxiety. Despite not being life-threatening, disfiguring, or progressive, FM significantly impairs the quality of life for affected individuals and is often associated with anxiety and depression. Symptoms such as stiffness and pain in FM intensify gradually, aggravated by emotional stress, exposure to dampness and cold, poor sleep and injuries. Treatment approaches to reduce FM symptoms include pharmacological or non-pharmacological methods. Although no ideal drug has been found to treat FM, some medications can relieve symptoms. A non-pharmacological approach to reduce pain and restore balance for patients with FM has been shown to be more beneficial in practice. In the case of a non-pharmacological approach, exercise has proven to be the most effective, and patients with FM can also engage in it through art therapy involving movement or dance. Contemporary research indicates the usefulness of art therapy for patients with FM due to its physical, psychological and social components, which provide an all-around approach to treatment. In this therapy, the therapist helps the patient express their experiences through art and creative process. Thus, art therapy is one of the therapeutic approaches implemented in a patient's programme. For example, Y. van Eijk-Hustings et al. used a multidisciplinary approach to implement sociotherapy, physiotherapy, psychotherapy and creative art therapy in their research. In this case, artistic expression was achieved through drawing, dancing or acting so patients could modify their attitudes and perceptions of illness and pain. Art expression, movement therapy, or acting implement methods described in this paper, as well as how these methods initiate change and which kind of changes can be expected within the patient.
The paper will also provide an overview of pain measurement questionnaires, which can be implemented by art therapists to detect any pain level changes whilst subsuming an FM patient to art therapy.
Ključne riječi
art therapy, fibromyalgia; anxiety, depression
Hrčak ID:
315264
URI
Datum izdavanja:
14.3.2024.
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