chronic pain syndrome fibromyalgia
Conditions
Interventions
Research participants will be asked to recall a neutral, angry, and sad event
from their recent past and repeated pain measurements will be conducted to
determine sensory threshold, pain threshold,
Sponsors
Universiteit Utrecht
Eligibility
Age
18 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
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
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary outcome measures are change in pain and fatigue and change in sensory threshold, pain threshold, and pain tolerance. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Secondary outcome measures are emotions (manipulation check of emotion induction), the (para)sympathetic measures 'pre-ejection period', 'total peripheral resistance' and 'respiratory sinus arrythmia', and emotion regulation styles (suppression, alexithymia, anger-in, anger-out, expression, and reappraisal). | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed