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Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia

OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate the level of coronaphobia caused by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to compare the results in patients without FMS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between August 2020 and October 2020, a total of 6...

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Autores principales: Külekçioğlu, Sevinç, Akyüz, Merve, İnan, Özenç, Çetin, Alp
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Turkish League Against Rheumatism 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36017209
http://dx.doi.org/10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2022.8664
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author Külekçioğlu, Sevinç
Akyüz, Merve
İnan, Özenç
Çetin, Alp
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Akyüz, Merve
İnan, Özenç
Çetin, Alp
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description OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate the level of coronaphobia caused by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to compare the results in patients without FMS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between August 2020 and October 2020, a total of 61 patients who were admitted to our outpatient clinic were included. The patients were divided into two groups as Group 1 (n=30; 2 males, 28 females; mean age: 43.2±9.3 years; range, 21 to 61 years) consisting of patients who were newly diagnosed or under follow-up for FMS and Group 2, the control group, (n=31; 4 males, 27 females; mean age: 49±10.7 years; range, 25 to 66 years) consisting patients who presented with any locomotor system complaint and were not diagnosed with FMS. Sociodemographic data of the patients and comorbidities were recorded. All the patients in both groups completed the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S). RESULTS: The C19P-S total score and psychological, psychosomatic, social, and economic subscale scores were statistically significantly higher in the FMS group than the control group (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Our study results suggest that FMS patients have more concerns in this extraordinary global pandemic situation. Early detection of coronaphobia and timely psychological support are critical for individuals prone to psychological disorders, such as FMS.
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spelling pubmed-93771822022-08-24 Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia Külekçioğlu, Sevinç Akyüz, Merve İnan, Özenç Çetin, Alp Arch Rheumatol Original Article OBJECTIVES: This study aims to evaluate the level of coronaphobia caused by the novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to compare the results in patients without FMS. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Between August 2020 and October 2020, a total of 61 patients who were admitted to our outpatient clinic were included. The patients were divided into two groups as Group 1 (n=30; 2 males, 28 females; mean age: 43.2±9.3 years; range, 21 to 61 years) consisting of patients who were newly diagnosed or under follow-up for FMS and Group 2, the control group, (n=31; 4 males, 27 females; mean age: 49±10.7 years; range, 25 to 66 years) consisting patients who presented with any locomotor system complaint and were not diagnosed with FMS. Sociodemographic data of the patients and comorbidities were recorded. All the patients in both groups completed the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S). RESULTS: The C19P-S total score and psychological, psychosomatic, social, and economic subscale scores were statistically significantly higher in the FMS group than the control group (p<0.05). CONCLUSION: Our study results suggest that FMS patients have more concerns in this extraordinary global pandemic situation. Early detection of coronaphobia and timely psychological support are critical for individuals prone to psychological disorders, such as FMS. Turkish League Against Rheumatism 2021-10-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9377182/ /pubmed/36017209 http://dx.doi.org/10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2022.8664 Text en Copyright © 2022, Turkish League Against Rheumatism https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited and is not used for commercial purposes.
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Külekçioğlu, Sevinç
Akyüz, Merve
İnan, Özenç
Çetin, Alp
Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia
title Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia
title_full Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia
title_fullStr Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia
title_full_unstemmed Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia
title_short Coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia
title_sort coronaphobia in patients with fibromyalgia
topic Original Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9377182/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36017209
http://dx.doi.org/10.46497/ArchRheumatol.2022.8664
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