Smoking, depression, & stress: predictors of fibromyalgia health status

The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of smoking, stress, and depression on fibromyalgia health status. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain condition that negatively affects health status. Health status is not only affected by the constellation of phys...

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Published in:Psychology, health & medicine health & medicine, 2017-01, Vol.22 (1), p.87-93
Main Authors: Holloway, Breanna M., Santoro, Maya S., Cronan, Terry A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Chronic pain
Cigarettes
depression
Depression - epidemiology
Female
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia - epidemiology
Health Status
Humans
Male
Medical diagnosis
Mental depression
Mental health
Middle Aged
Musculoskeletal pain
Physical symptoms
Prognosis
Regression analysis
Risk Factors
Self report
Smoking
Smoking - epidemiology
Stress
Stress, Psychological - epidemiology
Symptoms
United States - epidemiology
Young Adult
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Summary:The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of smoking, stress, and depression on fibromyalgia health status. Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a chronic musculoskeletal pain condition that negatively affects health status. Health status is not only affected by the constellation of physical symptoms, but also by mood symptoms, stress levels, and patient behaviors (e.g. smoking). Participants were 491 individuals with a physician's diagnosis of FMS. They completed self-report measures of their current levels of depression, stress, the number of cigarettes smoked per day, and health status. A linear regression analysis was conducted to determine whether these measures predicted FMS health status. All three measures predicted worse health status, predicting 51.5% of the variance in health status. However, it is important to evaluate and treat more than just the physical symptoms of FMS. Attention should also be paid to mental health status and to engagement in unhealthy behaviors in order to reduce their effects on FMS health status. Future researchers should design and evaluate interventions that target these modifiable risk factors to determine the extent to which they could improve health outcomes.
ISSN:1354-8506
1465-3966
DOI:10.1080/13548506.2016.1238493