Caracterização dos padrões de dor, sono e alexitimia em pacientes com fibromialgia atendidos em um centro terciário brasileiro | Zendy

Lazslo Antônio Ávila | Zendy; Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho | Zendy; Estefano F.U. Guimarães | Zendy; Lauro C.S. Gonçalves | Zendy; Paola N. Paschoalin | Zendy; Fabia B. Aleixo | Zendy

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Caracterização dos padrões de dor, sono e alexitimia em pacientes com fibromialgia atendidos em um centro terciário brasileiro

Author(s) -

Lazslo Antônio Ávila,

Gerardo Maria de Araújo Filho,

Estefano F.U. Guimarães,

Lauro C.S. Gonçalves,

Paola N. Paschoalin,

Fabia B. Aleixo

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

revista brasileira de reumatologia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1809-4570

pISSN - 0482-5004

DOI - 10.1016/j.rbr.2014.03.017

Subject(s) - medicine , fibromyalgia , humanities , pittsburgh sleep quality index , gynecology , sleep quality , physical therapy , psychiatry , philosophy , cognition

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex syndrome that is characterized by lasting and diffuse chronic musculoskeletal pain, derived from non-inflammatory causes and classically associated with the presence of specific tender points. However, studies have highlighted other important symptoms associated with a lower quality of life (QOL) in FM, such as sleep disturbances and alexithymia. This study aimed to investigate the pain, sleep and alexithymia patterns of FM patients treated in a Brazilian tertiary center.

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