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People with fibromyalgia (FM) often report having difficulty with emotional identification and expression, and this “alexithymia” may contribute to their pain and other symptoms. Multiple studies have assessed alexithymia in… Click to show full abstract
People with fibromyalgia (FM) often report having difficulty with emotional identification and expression, and this “alexithymia” may contribute to their pain and other symptoms. Multiple studies have assessed alexithymia in FM, and we systematically reviewed and meta‐analyzed this literature to: (a) describe the prevalence of alexithymia in people with FM; (b) compare the level of alexithymia in FM to both healthy controls and controls with other pain conditions; and (c) determine the association of alexithymia to pain intensity, depression, and anxiety in people with FM.
Journal Title: European Journal of Pain
Year Published: 2022
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