NDLI: The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on mental and physical wellbeing in women with fibromyalgia: a longitudinal mixed-methods study

Content Provider	Springer Nature : BioMed Central
Author	Lazaridou, Asimina Paschali, Myrella Vilsmark, Eric S. Wilkins, Timothy Napadow, Vitaly Edwards, Robert
Abstract	Objective The COVID-19 pandemic has strongly influenced psychological and physical health worldwide. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of the pandemic on women with fibromyalgia. Methods This mixed methods pilot study explored measures of pain severity and interference, as well as pain catastrophizing and level of fibromyalgia impact among women with fibromyalgia before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA. Fibromyalgia patients completed demographic, pain-related, and other validated psychosocial questionnaires prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, and then were re-assessed with those questionnaires, as well as a pandemic-related questionnaire assessing the impact of the pandemic on the patients’ life, during the pandemic. Results When comparing data reported before the pandemic to data collected 3–6 months into the pandemic, women with fibromyalgia reported a general worsening of their pain and pain-related symptoms. During the pandemic, pain catastrophizing (p ≤ 0.05) and fibromyalgia impact (p ≤ 0.05) increased significantly compared to before the pandemic. The increase in pain catastrophizing scores was highly correlated with the impact of the pandemic on the participants’ ability to cope with pain and on their mental health. Qualitative analysis corroborated the significant impact of the pandemic on patients’ mental health, with the vast majority reporting a worsening of their mood. Other impacted domains included anxiety, level of activity and sleep. Conclusions Collectively, the pandemic appears to have produced a substantive worsening of pain-related symptomatology among women with fibromyalgia, which should be addressed by targeted interventions.
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Page Count	9
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ISSN	14726874
DOI	10.1186/s12905-022-01840-9
Journal	BMC Women's Health
Issue Number	1
Volume Number	22
Language	English
Publisher	BioMed Central
Publisher Date	2022-06-30
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Gynecology Maternal and Child Health Reproductive Medicine COVID-19 Pandemic Fibromyalgia Impact Mental health Catastrophizing
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Obstetrics and Gynecology Reproductive Medicine
Journal Impact Factor	2.4/2023
5-Year Journal Impact Factor	2.9/2023

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