title: [Effectiveness of aquatic biodance on sleep quality, anxiety and other symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To analyze the effects of an aquatic biodance based therapy on sleep quality, anxiety, depression, pain and quality of life in fibromyalgia patients.
  
  
  METHODS
  Randomized controlled trial with 2 groups. Fifty-nine patients were assigned to 2 groups: experimental group (aquatic biodance) and control group (stretching). The outcome measures were quality of sleep (Pittsburgh questionnaire), anxiety (State Anxiety Inventory), depression (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale), pain (visual analogue scale, pressure algometry and McGill) and quality of life (Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire) before and after a 12-week therapy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, we observed significant differences in the experimental group (P<.05) on sleep quality (49.7%), anxiety (14.1%), impact of fibromyalgia (18.3%), pain (27.9%), McGill (23.7%) and tender points (34.4%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Aquatic biodance contributed to improvements in sleep quality, anxiety, pain and other fibromyalgia symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Almería, Almería, España. Electronic address: mlr295@ual.es.
authors.forename: María Mar
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: López-Rodríguez
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fernández-Martínez
authors.forename: Guillermo A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Matarán-Peñarrocha
authors.forename: María Encarnación
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Rodríguez-Ferrer
authors.forename: Genoveva
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Granados Gámez
authors.forename: Encarnación
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Aguilar Ferrándiz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000209:etiology; D003614:Dance Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D052580:Muscle Stretching Exercises; D059352:Musculoskeletal Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011788:Quality of Life; D012890:Sleep; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult