Journal Article

Dimensions of psychological dysfunction in patients with fibromyalgia: development of an Italian questionnaire

Bertinotti, Luca, Nacci, Francesca, Conforti, Maria Letizia, Matucci-Cerinic, Marco, Zoppi, Massimo, Pignone, Alberto, Colangelo, Nicola, Beneforti, Elisabetta

2004

نظرة عامة

Our objective was to observe whether dysfunctional psychological dimensions of pain could be detected in fibromyalgia patients through the development of a new questionnaire. An original questionnaire composed of 51 items was given to 250 patients (185 females and 65 males, mean age 55+/-12.8 years) suffering from chronic fibromyalgia according to the criteria of the Multicenter Criteria Committee of the American College of Rheumatology. A Varimax computerized program of factorial analysis with orthogonal and oblique rotation of the axes was used to analyze the data. Five strong independent factors were identified: 1) catastrophizing and 2) external control beliefs (cognitive); 3) alexithymia (emotional); 4) restless behavior (behavioral); and 5) need for support (relational). Our questionnaire is a preliminary development of an Italian language psychological characterization of FM patients which may be a relevant and useful tool for the evaluation of the outcome of clinical/psychological treatment of FM.

• الناشر: Springer Nature B.V
• موضوع: Behavior / Chronic Disease / Female / Fibromyalgia - complications / Fibromyalgia - physiopathology / Fibromyalgia - psychology / Humans / Italy / Male / Mental Disorders - complications / Mental Disorders - physiopathology / Mental Disorders - psychology / Middle Aged / Pain - etiology / Pain - psychology / Pain Measurement / Quality of Life / Questionnaires / Severity of Illness Index / Studies / Surveys and Questionnaires