The relationship between metacognition, anger, and pain intensity among fibromyalgia patients: a serial mediation model

Tenti, M.; Raffaeli, W.; Fontemaggi, A.; Gremigni, P.

doi:10.1080/13548506.2023.2235741

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“…In our sample, the unemployment rate accounted for 20%. Although FM-affected people's unemployment rates are generally high and not homogeneous, varying from 10% to 57% in Western countries [10], our rate is similar to that found in other recent Italian studies [25,26].…”

Section: Reasonable Accommodations For Improving Work Environmentssupporting

confidence: 89%

An Italian Survey and Focus Groups on Fibromyalgia Impairment: Impact on Work and Possible Reasonable Accommodations

Tenti,

Raffaeli,

Paroli

et al. 2024

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Fibromyalgia symptoms affect the sufferers’ working life; however, through reasonable accommodations in workplaces, they can continue to work satisfactorily. There are no Italian studies on factors that facilitate or hinder fibromyalgia-affected people’s working life. Our objective was to explore, in a pre-pandemic setting, the quality of working life of fibromyalgia sufferers and reasonable accommodations to improve it. Quantitative and qualitative methods were applied; a survey-questionnaire, participatory-developed, was online-administered to a sample of self-reported FM sufferers (N = 1176). Then, two Focus Groups (FGs), involving 15 fibromyalgia-affected women, were held. Data were analyzed by a thematic analysis approach. Among survey-respondents, 20% were unemployed and only 14% went to work gladly. Variability of pain (84%) and fatigue (90%) were the most perceived reasons for difficulties at work. Negative relationships at work were reported by most participants. The FGs’ discussions addressed different strategies for overcoming the main obstacle of “not being believed by colleagues and employers” and reasonable accommodations. However, a negative hopeless attitude towards the solution of problems at work was also apparent. Different critical issues in the workplace emerged from the survey and the FGs. Coordinated actions, according to a transdisciplinary approach, are needed to manage fibromyalgia-induced difficulties in the workplace.

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Section: Reasonable Accommodations For Improving Work Environmentssupporting

confidence: 89%

An Italian Survey and Focus Groups on Fibromyalgia Impairment: Impact on Work and Possible Reasonable Accommodations

Tenti,

Raffaeli,

Paroli

et al. 2024

Healthcare

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The relationship between metacognition, anger, and pain intensity among fibromyalgia patients: a serial mediation model

Cited by 1 publication

References 57 publications

An Italian Survey and Focus Groups on Fibromyalgia Impairment: Impact on Work and Possible Reasonable Accommodations

An Italian Survey and Focus Groups on Fibromyalgia Impairment: Impact on Work and Possible Reasonable Accommodations

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