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Fibromyalgic syndrome: depression and abnormal illness behavior. Multicenter investigation
- Source :
- Psychotherapy and psychosomatics. 61(3-4)
- Publication Year :
- 1994
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Abstract
- This study reports psychological symptoms assessed in 327 patients with fibromyalgia (FS) in a multicenter investigation. Two self-report scales, in their validated Italian translations, were used for screening: the CES-D (the Center of Epidemiologic Studies-Depression) developed at the NIMH for measuring depression and the Illness Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ) developed by Pilowsky and Spence. The cutoff point of 23 in the CES-D scores revealed about 49% of the fibromyalgic patients as depressed. In analyzing patterns of illness behavior patients with FS showed a high score on IBQ scales of disease conviction, psychological versus somatic focusing and denial. CES-D scores showed significant correlations with illness behavior scales. These results and their implications for the treatment of fibromyalgic patients are discussed.
Details
- ISSN :
- 00333190
- Volume :
- 61
- Issue :
- 3-4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Psychotherapy and psychosomatics
- Accession number :
- edsair.pmid..........e9ebda0e3639c49a6fb4243e176676dd