• Medientyp: E-Artikel
  • Titel: Pain-Related Worrying and Goal Preferences Determine Walking Persistence in Women with Fibromyalgia
  • Beteiligte: Pastor-Mira, María Ángeles; López-Roig, Sofía; Toribio, Eva; Martínez-Zaragoza, Fermín; Nardi-Rodríguez, Ainara; Peñacoba, Cecilia
  • Erschienen: MDPI AG, 2022
  • Erschienen in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 19 (2022) 3, Seite 1513
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19031513
  • ISSN: 1660-4601
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  • Beschreibung: Physical activity and exercise are relevant behaviors for fibromyalgia health outcomes; however, patients have difficulties undertaking and maintaining an active lifestyle. With a cross-sectional design, this study explored the role of pain-related worrying and goal preferences in the walking persistence of women with fibromyalgia. The sample included 111 women who attended a tertiary health setting. We adapted the Six-Minute Walk Test where participants decided either to stop or continue walking in five voluntary 6 min bouts. Women who were categorized higher in pain-related worrying reported higher preference for pain avoidance goals (t = −2.44, p = 0.02) and performed worse in the walking task (LongRank = 4.21; p = 0.04). Pain avoidance goal preference increased the likelihood of stopping after the first (OR = 1.443), second (OR = 1.493), and third (OR = 1.540) 6 min walking bout, and the risk of ending the walking activity during the 30 min task (HR = 1.02, [1.0–1.03]). Influence of pain-related worrying on total walking distance was mediated by goal preferences (ab = −3.25). In interventions targeting adherence in physical activity and exercise, special attention is needed for women who are particularly worried about pain to help decrease their preference for short-term pain avoidance goals relative to long-term goals such as being active through walking.
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