TY - JOUR
T1 - Stress modulates key psychological processes and characteristic symptoms in females with fibromyalgia
AU - Malin, Katrina
AU - Littlejohn, Geoffrey Owen
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To examine how stress interacts with psychological processes and key phenotypic symptom characteristics in females with fibromyalgia. METHODS: Ninety-eight women with fibromyalgia, diagnosed according to ACR 1990 criteria, and 35 female healthy controls without pain were studied. Applied questionnaires included the following: Perceived Stress scale [PSS], Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire [FIQ], Perceived Control of Internal States (PCOIS), Mastery scale and the Profile of Mood States scale (POMS). RESULTS: Perceived stress correlated significantly with the characteristic features of fibromyalgia including pain (p
AB - OBJECTIVES: To examine how stress interacts with psychological processes and key phenotypic symptom characteristics in females with fibromyalgia. METHODS: Ninety-eight women with fibromyalgia, diagnosed according to ACR 1990 criteria, and 35 female healthy controls without pain were studied. Applied questionnaires included the following: Perceived Stress scale [PSS], Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire [FIQ], Perceived Control of Internal States (PCOIS), Mastery scale and the Profile of Mood States scale (POMS). RESULTS: Perceived stress correlated significantly with the characteristic features of fibromyalgia including pain (p
UR - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24143887
M3 - Article
SN - 0392-856X
VL - 31
SP - 64
EP - 71
JO - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
JF - Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology
IS - 6 (Suppl 79)
ER -