[Relationship between season of the year and severity of symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia].

Autor:	Castel A; Unidad de dolor, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona JoanXXIII. Tarragona, España; Multidimentional Pain Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, España. Electronic address: antonicastel.hj23.ics@gencat.cat., Poveda MJ; Multidimentional Pain Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, España; Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona JoanXXIII, Tarragona, España., Rodríguez-Muguruza S; Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona JoanXXIII, Tarragona, España., Castro S; Multidimentional Pain Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, España; Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona JoanXXIII, Tarragona, España., Fontova R; Multidimentional Pain Research Group, Institut d'Investigació Sanitària Pere Virgili, Reus, Tarragona, España; Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitari de Tarragona JoanXXIII, Tarragona, España.
Jazyk:	English; Spanish; Castilian
Zdroj:	Medicina clinica [Med Clin (Barc)] 2023 Jan 20; Vol. 160 (2), pp. 60-65. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 12.
DOI:	10.1016/j.medcli.2022.04.009
Abstrakt:	Background and Objective: Fibromyalgia patients often report that certain seasons aggravate their symptoms. The main objective was to determinate the association between key symptoms of fibromyalgia and the season of the year. A secondary objective was to determinate the existence of differences based on levels of anxiety or depression. Material and Method: Convenience sample made up of 471 participants with fibromyalgia evaluated before starting multidisciplinary treatment. Demographic and meteorological data were collected. Clinical data were assessed with standardized instruments of pain intensity, functionality, fatigue, stiffness, sleep quality, anxiety and depression. Results: The different groups of participants were homogeneous for age, gender, educational level, marital status and employment situation. No significant differences were found in pain intensity (F=1.334; P=.265), functionality (F=.402; P=.669), fatigue (F=.714; P=.490), stiffness (F=.299; P=.741), anxiety (F=.376; P=.687), depression (F=.608; P=.545), psychological distress (F=.261; P=.770), sleep quantity (F=1.507; P=.223) or sleep disturbances (F=.343; P=.710). Conclusions: No differences were found in the intensity of fibromyalgia symptoms, nor in the percentages of severity among the different seasons of the year. Anxiety was more prevalent than depression, possibly due to the characteristics of the sample itself, with the majority of patients with a dysfunctional profile. (Copyright © 2022 Elsevier España, S.L.U. All rights reserved.)
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