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Gender Differences in Symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Mental Health, Cognitive Performance, Pain-Cognition, and Positive Health in Spanish Fibromyalgia Individuals: The Al-Ándalus Project
Joint Authors
Ruiz, Jonatan R.
Aparicio, Virginia A.
Delgado-Fernández, Manuel
Segura-Jiménez, Víctor
Estévez-López, Fernando
Soriano-Maldonado, Alberto
Álvarez-Gallardo, Inmaculada C.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-14, 14 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-10-27
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
14
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Objective.
To test the gender differences in tenderness, impact of fibromyalgia, health-related quality of life, fatigue, sleep quality, mental health, cognitive performance, pain-cognition, and positive health in Spanish fibromyalgia patients and in age-matched nonfibromyalgia individuals from the same region.
To test the optimal cut-off score of the different tender points for women and men.
Methods.
A total of 405 (384 women) fibromyalgia versus 247 (195 women) nonfibromyalgia control participants from southern Spain (Andalusia) took part in this cross-sectional study.
The outcomes studied were assessed by means of several tests.
Results.
In the fibromyalgia group, men showed better working memory than women (all, P < 0.01 ), whereas sleep latency was lower in women compared to men ( P = 0.013 ).
In the nonfibromyalgia group, men showed higher pain threshold in all the tender points (all, P < 0.01 ), except in right and left lateral epicondyle.
Furthermore, men showed better working memory than women (all, P < 0.01 ), whereas memory performance was better in women compared to men (all, P ≤ 0.01 ).
Conclusion.
The results of the present study do not support consistent evidence of gender differences in fibromyalgia-related symptoms.
However, it seems that detriment of some symptoms (especially pain) in fibromyalgia men compared with their nonfibromyalgia counterparts is greater than those of fibromyalgia women compared with their nonfibromyalgia peers.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Segura-Jiménez, Víctor& Estévez-López, Fernando& Soriano-Maldonado, Alberto& Álvarez-Gallardo, Inmaculada C.& Delgado-Fernández, Manuel& Ruiz, Jonatan R.…[et al.]. 2016. Gender Differences in Symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Mental Health, Cognitive Performance, Pain-Cognition, and Positive Health in Spanish Fibromyalgia Individuals: The Al-Ándalus Project. Pain Research and Management،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-14.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Segura-Jiménez, Víctor…[et al.]. Gender Differences in Symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Mental Health, Cognitive Performance, Pain-Cognition, and Positive Health in Spanish Fibromyalgia Individuals: The Al-Ándalus Project. Pain Research and Management No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1115453
American Medical Association (AMA)
Segura-Jiménez, Víctor& Estévez-López, Fernando& Soriano-Maldonado, Alberto& Álvarez-Gallardo, Inmaculada C.& Delgado-Fernández, Manuel& Ruiz, Jonatan R.…[et al.]. Gender Differences in Symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Mental Health, Cognitive Performance, Pain-Cognition, and Positive Health in Spanish Fibromyalgia Individuals: The Al-Ándalus Project. Pain Research and Management. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-14.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1115453
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1115453