AI Article Synopsis

  • Women with fibromyalgia (FM) often experience high levels of depression, fatigue, and pain, and attachment style may influence these symptoms.
  • A study involving 453 Italian women revealed that 59% reported moderate to severe depressive symptoms, with specific insecure attachment styles linked to worse depression and lower quality of life.
  • The findings suggest that addressing both attachment styles and depressive symptoms is crucial when assessing the overall well-being of women suffering from FM.

Article Abstract

Background: Women with fibromyalgia (FM) commonly suffer from depression, pervasive fatigue, and pain. The attachment style has been hypothesized to be an important factor for understanding the experience of these symptoms. Therefore, the present cross-sectional study is aimed at investigating the effect of attachment styles in women with a diagnosis of FM on depressive symptoms and quality of life.

Method: Participants were 453 Italian women with a physician's diagnosis of FM with a mean age of 47 years (SD = 10.9). To assess attachment styles, quality of life, and depressive symptoms, women responded, respectively, to the Relationship Questionnaire, the World Health Organization Quality of Life Questionnaire, and the Beck Depression Inventory II.

Results: Our results showed that the incidence of depressive symptoms was elevated, with 59% of women reporting moderate to severe symptoms. Also, the statistical analyses showed that both preoccupied and avoidant/dismissing attachments were related with depression symptoms and low perception of QoL.

Conclusions: Our study demonstrates that, when evaluating the impact of FM on the QoL of women, it is important to consider the complexity of the variables that are at play. Insecure attachment styles and depressive symptoms seem to increase the likelihood of the psycho-social-somatic malaise in FM women.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7902149PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/5529032DOI Listing

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