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APPLIED PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY AND BIOFEEDBACK
Volume 28, Issue 4, Pages 279-289Publisher
KLUWER ACADEMIC/PLENUM PUBL
DOI: 10.1023/A:1027378825194
Keywords
endometriosis; secondary dysmenorrhea; chronic pelvic pain; thermal biofeedback; pain management
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Endometriosis is a common gynecological disease that causes marked physical and emotional distress in lives of women, resulting in dysmenorrhea, pain, or both throughout the menstrual cycle in over 96% of cases. A multiple case study design (N=5) was employed to investigate the use of thermal biofeedback in the treatment of pain associated with endometriosis. The majority of participants (4 out of 5) were able to demonstrate mastery over hand temperature through thermal biofeedback. Of those participants, significant reductions in various aspects of pain were observed by the end of the study; one had a significant increase in Life Control; two had reductions in Pain Severity; three had a decrease in Affective Distress; and all 4 demonstrated reduction in Life Interference, as measured by the West Haven-Yale Multidimensional Pain Inventory. This is a preliminary study with a small sample size and without a control sample; hence, the results are considered only as suggestive of the potential use of biofeedback therapy in alleviating pain and associated symptomatology related to endometriosis. Further research is warranted.
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