Mindfulness-based Rehabilitation in a University Museum Setting to Reduce Pain and Improve Quality of Life in Women With Fibromyalgia: a Randomized Controlled Trial

This intervention consists of an 8-week integrated rehabilitation program, with weekly 60-minute sessions, conducted at the University Museum. The program includes mindfulness techniques, conscious breathing exercises, body scan meditation, mindfulness walking within the museum's exhibition spaces, specific stretching and mobilization techniques, and gratitude and recognition exercises, all framed by the artistic and cultural context of the museum. The museum environment is utilized as a therapeutic setting to amplify the benefits of the behavioral techniques.

Participants in the control arm will receive the same mindfulness-based integrated rehabilitation program delivered at the CARES University Center. The intervention consists of eight weekly 60-minute sessions including breathing awareness, body scan, mindful walking, and guided mindfulness exercises. This program mirrors the structure and duration of the museum-based intervention but takes place in a conventional rehabilitation setting.