Investigation of patients' understanding of fibromyalgia: Results from an online qualitative survey.

Objective: An important component to effective fibromyalgia treatment is patient education about the condition. While previous educational interventions have been developed, these have not incorporated the lived experiences of patients and may not address common misunderstandings among those who may benefit from these interventions. This study aimed to explore understanding, confusion, and gaps in knowledge about fibromyalgia among those who report a fibromyalgia diagnosis.

Family consequences of potentially traumatic pediatric medical events: Implications for trauma-informed care.

Extensive research demonstrates that pediatric medical events can be traumatic for patients, caregivers, and siblings, but the aftereffects of these potentially traumatic events for the family and its members are not well documented. Through focus groups with patients, caregivers, and siblings, this qualitative study examined the perceived consequences of potentially traumatic medical events for individual family members and the family as a whole. Sixteen focus groups (6 caregiver, 5 patient, 5 sibling) were conducted.

Conceptualizing Digital Stress in Adolescents and Young Adults: Toward the Development of an Empirically Based Model.

Existing literature provides a complicated picture of the relationship between digital media use and psychological outcomes. Both correlational and some experimental studies suggest that social media use specifically can be associated with diminished psychological functioning in adolescents and young adults. However, these effect sizes are not large, and must be considered in light of studies that suggest some positive outcomes associated with some uses of digital media, and a range of moderators of the identified associations.