Relevance of Religiosity for Coping Strategies and Disability in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome

Coping strategies are essential for the outcome of chronic pain. This study evaluated religiosity in a cohort of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), its effect on pain and other symptoms, on coping and FMS-related disability. A total of 102 FMS patients were recruited who filled in questionna...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of religion and health
VerfasserInnen: Braun, Alexandra 19XX- (VerfasserIn) ; Evdokimov, Dimitar Ivanov 1985- (VerfasserIn) ; Frank, Johanna 1991- (VerfasserIn) ; Pauli, Paul 1960- (VerfasserIn) ; Wabel, Thomas 1966- (VerfasserIn) ; Üçeyler, Nurcan 1976- (VerfasserIn) ; Sommer, Claudia (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Springer Science + Business Media B. V. 2022
In: Journal of religion and health
Jahr: 2022, Band: 61, Heft: 1, Seiten: 524-539
weitere Schlagwörter:B Disability
B Coping
B Fibromyalgia syndrome
B Religiosity
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Zusammenfassung:Coping strategies are essential for the outcome of chronic pain. This study evaluated religiosity in a cohort of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), its effect on pain and other symptoms, on coping and FMS-related disability. A total of 102 FMS patients were recruited who filled in questionnaires, a subgroup of 42 patients participated in a face-to-face interview, and data were evaluated by correlation and regression analyses. Few patients were traditionally religious, but the majority believed in a higher existence and described their spirituality as "transcendence conviction". The coping strategy "praying-hoping" and the ASP dimension "religious orientation" (r = 0.5, P < 0.05) showed a significant relationship independent of the grade of religiosity (P < 0.05). A high grade of belief in a higher existence was negatively associated with the choice of ignoring as coping strategy (r = − 0.4, P < 0.05). Mood and affect-related variables had the highest impact on disability (b = 0.5, P < 0.05). In this cohort, the grade of religiosity played a role in the choice of coping strategies, but had no effects on health and mood outcome.
ISSN:1573-6571
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of religion and health
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10943-020-01177-3