Investigation of the Effects of BETY on Biopsychosocial Status, Functionality, Mood and Quality of Life of Individuals Diagnosed With Rheumatism and Related to Chronic Pain: A Retrospective Controlled Study
Investigation of the Effects of BETY on Biopsychosocial Status, Functionality, Mood and Quality of Life of Individuals Diagnosed With Rheumatism and Related to Chronic Pain: A Retrospective Controlled Study
No study has been found in the literature investigating the effectiveness of an innovative exercise approach defined on a biopsychosocial basis and having its own original scale on individuals with rheumatism over the years. The aim of this retrospective study was to determine the effects of the Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach on the biopsychosocial conditions related to chronic pain; functionality, mood and quality of life of individuals with rheumatism diagnosis and to examine the effectiveness of BETY as a routine exercise approach by presenting the results compared with the control group.
Cognitive Exercise Therapy Approach (BETY) is an innovative exercise approach developed through the participation of rheumatic individuals in exercise sessions for many years. The main purpose of BETY is to transfer the patient's negative cognitions about their disease to a positive cognition level through functional gains through exercise. Thus, cognitive restructuring will be achieved.
In order to correctly organize the optimum treatment, rheumatic patients need to be evaluated biopsychosocially. Individual-centered scales that evaluate the disease process are currently considered at least as much as objective tests in determining treatment effectiveness and are increasingly used in clinical practice. Due to the multidimensional structure of chronic diseases, there is a need for measurement tools that evaluate individuals in a biopsychosocial context. BETY-Biopsychosocial Scale (BETY-BQ) was developed for this purpose with the feedback of the recovery characteristics of rheumatic individuals who participated in BETY sessions over the years.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients who were diagnosed as Ankylosing spondylitis (1984 modified New York criteria, RA (2010 ACR/EULAR criteria), PsA (2006 CASPAR criteria), SLE (2012 Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics criteria), SSc (2013 ACR/EULAR criteria), pSS (American-European Consensus Group criteria), OA (1986 ACR criteria) and FMS (2016 ACR criteria)
Exclusion Criteria: