Illness Worry and Disability in Fibromyalgia Syndrome

摘要: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common syndrome of functional somatic symptoms. This article examines whether an amplifying style (increased body awareness and illness worry) might explain the distress disability expressed by FM patients. Twenty patients were compared to twenty-three rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on measures depressive symptomatology, pain, disability, style. reported greater equivalent levels less physical than did RA No differences observed between groups or worry. Illness worry correlated highly with symptomatology for both but only among Results suggest that in syndromes may be determined patients' about having serious disease. Feelings vulnerability apprehension unknown origin contribute sufferers' activity limitations, inability sustain work effort, varied distress.