Psychological impact of fibromyalgia: current perspectives

CM Galvez-Sánchez, S Duschek… - Psychology research …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic disorder characterized by widespread and
persistent musculoskeletal pain and other frequent symptoms such as fatigue, insomnia …

Diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia: critical review and future perspectives

CM Galvez-Sánchez, GA Reyes del Paso - Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic illness characterized by widespread pain and
other clinical and emotional symptoms. The lack of objective markers of the illness has been …

Alexithymia in individuals with chronic pain and its relation to pain intensity, physical interference, depression, and anxiety: a systematic review and meta-analysis

RV Aaron, EA Fisher, R De La Vega, MA Lumley… - Pain, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Numerous studies have examined how alexithymia (difficulty identifying and describing
one's emotions and a preference for externally oriented thinking) relates to chronic pain and …

Cognitive impairments in fibromyalgia syndrome: Associations with positive and negative affect, alexithymia, pain catastrophizing and self-esteem

CM Galvez-Sánchez, GA Reyes del Paso… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic condition characterized by widespread pain
accompanied by symptoms like depression, anxiety, sleep disturbance and fatigue. In …

The relationship of alexithymia to pain and other symptoms in fibromyalgia: A systematic review and meta‐analysis

M Habibi Asgarabad, P Salehi Yegaei… - … Journal of Pain, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Objective People with fibromyalgia (FM) often report having
difficulty with emotional identification and expression, and this “alexithymia” may contribute …

Neurophysiological and psychosocial mechanisms of fibromyalgia: a comprehensive review and call for an integrative model

AM Pinto, M Luís, R Geenen, F Palavra… - Neuroscience & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Research into the neurobiological and psychosocial mechanisms involved in fibromyalgia
has progressed remarkably in recent years. Despite this, current accounts of fibromyalgia fail …

Alexithymia and psychological distress in patients with fibromyalgia and rheumatic disease

L Marchi, F Marzetti, G Orrù, S Lemmetti… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic rheumatologic disease
characterized by widespread musculoskeletal pain and other psychopathological symptoms …

Personalized behavior management as a replacement for medications for pain control and mood regulation

DM Davydov, CM Galvez-Sánchez, CI Montoro… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
A lack of personalized approaches in non-medication pain management has prevented
these alternative forms of treatment from achieving the desired efficacy. One hundred and …

Psychoeducation for fibromyalgia syndrome: a systematic review of emotional, clinical and functional related-outcomes

CM Galvez-Sanchez, CI Montoro - Behavioral Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) is a chronic condition of widespread pain accompanied by
several symptoms such as stiffness, fatigue, sleep problems, depression, anxiety, and …

Reliability, factor structure and predictive validity of the Widespread Pain Index and Symptom Severity scales of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology criteria …

CM Galvez-Sánchez, P De la Coba, S Duschek… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic condition of widespread pain. In 2010, the
American College of Rheumatology (ACR) proposed new diagnostic criteria for FMS based …