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Stress Management Training May Help Reduce Disease Activity in MS
MINNEAPOLIS -- July 12, 2012 -- A new study shows that taking part in a stress management program may help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) prevent new disease activity.
The findings are published in the July 11, 2012, online issue of Neurology.
The study involved 121 people with MS. Half received the stress management program, which involved meeting with a therapist for 16 individual 50-minute sessions over 5 to 6 months. They learned about problem-solving skills, relaxation, increasing positive activities, and enhancing their social support.
They could also choose optional sessions on topics such as fatigue management, anxiety reduction, pain management and insomnia treatment.
After the treatment ended, the participants were followed for another 5 to 6 months. The remaining participants were put on a waiting list as a control group. After 10 months, they attended a 5-hour workshop on stress management.
During the treatment period, a total of 77% of those receiving the stress management training were free of new lesions, or brain damage that indicates disease activity, during the treatment period, compared with 55% of those in the control group.
“The size of the effect is similar to other recent phase 2 trials of new drug therapies for MS,” said study author David C. Mohr, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. “While it’s premature to make any specific recommendations about using this type of stress management training to manage MS disease activity, it will be important to conduct more research to identify specifically how this treatment is benefiting people with MS.”
In addition, questionnaires showed that those receiving the training had greater reductions in their stress levels than the control group.
However, the positive effects of the training did not continue after the treatment period. “This was unexpected,” said Dr. Mohr. “It’s possible that people were not able to sustain their new coping skills once the support ended, or that some aspect of the treatment other than stress management skills, such as the social support, was the most beneficial part of the treatment.”
SOURCE: American Academy of Neurology
Posting of the following article has been approved by The Doctor's Guide to the Internet(TM)) (http://www.docguide.com)
Source: DGNews
Stress Management Training May Help Reduce Disease Activity in MS
MINNEAPOLIS -- July 12, 2012 -- A new study shows that taking part in a stress management program may help people with multiple sclerosis (MS) prevent new disease activity.
The findings are published in the July 11, 2012, online issue of Neurology.
The study involved 121 people with MS. Half received the stress management program, which involved meeting with a therapist for 16 individual 50-minute sessions over 5 to 6 months. They learned about problem-solving skills, relaxation, increasing positive activities, and enhancing their social support.
They could also choose optional sessions on topics such as fatigue management, anxiety reduction, pain management and insomnia treatment.
After the treatment ended, the participants were followed for another 5 to 6 months. The remaining participants were put on a waiting list as a control group. After 10 months, they attended a 5-hour workshop on stress management.
During the treatment period, a total of 77% of those receiving the stress management training were free of new lesions, or brain damage that indicates disease activity, during the treatment period, compared with 55% of those in the control group.
“The size of the effect is similar to other recent phase 2 trials of new drug therapies for MS,” said study author David C. Mohr, PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois. “While it’s premature to make any specific recommendations about using this type of stress management training to manage MS disease activity, it will be important to conduct more research to identify specifically how this treatment is benefiting people with MS.”
In addition, questionnaires showed that those receiving the training had greater reductions in their stress levels than the control group.
However, the positive effects of the training did not continue after the treatment period. “This was unexpected,” said Dr. Mohr. “It’s possible that people were not able to sustain their new coping skills once the support ended, or that some aspect of the treatment other than stress management skills, such as the social support, was the most beneficial part of the treatment.”
SOURCE: American Academy of Neurology
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