Personality-related core beliefs in patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia plus depression: A comparison with depressed and healthy control groups.

Background: Personality has an important role in understanding both fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and major depressive disorder (MDD).

Aims: This study considers the question that specific personality features may characterize depressed FMS patients.

Materials And Methods: To this end, 125 individuals were included in the study: 40 of them diagnosed with FMS+ MDD, 40 with MDD only and 45 healthy controls.