The effects of emotions on symptoms in fibromyalgia and the modulating role of physiology and emotion regulation. An experimental study.
Completed
- Conditions
- chronic pain syndromefibromyalgia10028393
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON29834
- Lead Sponsor
- niversiteit Utrecht
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 128
Inclusion Criteria
Patient group: female gender, primary or secondary fibromyalgia diagnosis by rheumatologist according to ACR-classification criteria (Wolfe et al., 1990), indicated at questionnaire study to be interested in information about another study.
Control group: female gender, matched on age, educational level, and region; indicated at questionnaire study to be interested in information about another study
Exclusion Criteria
Patient group: male gender, no official diagnosis by rheumatologist according to ACR-classification criteria, indicated at questionnaire study not being interested in information on another study.
Control group: male gender, indicated at questionnaire study not being interested in information on another study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>The primary outcome measures are change in pain and fatigue and change in<br /><br>sensory threshold, pain threshold, and pain tolerance.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Secondary outcome measures are emotions (manipulation check of emotion<br /><br>induction), the (para)sympathetic measures 'pre-ejection period', 'total<br /><br>peripheral resistance' and 'respiratory sinus arrythmia', and emotion<br /><br>regulation styles (suppression, alexithymia, anger-in, anger-out, expression,<br /><br>and reappraisal). </p><br>