TY  - JOUR
A1  - Braun, Alexandra
A1  - Evdokimov, Dimitar
A1  - Frank, Johanna
A1  - Pauli, Paul
A1  - Wabel, Thomas
A1  - Üçeyler, Nurcan
A1  - Sommer, Claudia
T1  - Relevance of Religiosity for Coping Strategies and Disability in Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome
T2  - Journal of Religion and Health
N2  - Coping strategies are essential for the outcome of chronic pain. This study evaluated religiosity in a cohort of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), its effect on pain and other symptoms, on coping and FMS-related disability. A total of 102 FMS patients were recruited who filled in questionnaires, a subgroup of 42 patients participated in a face-to-face interview, and data were evaluated by correlation and regression analyses. Few patients were traditionally religious, but the majority believed in a higher existence and described their spirituality as "transcendence conviction". The coping strategy "praying-hoping" and the ASP dimension "religious orientation" (r = 0.5, P < 0.05) showed a significant relationship independent of the grade of religiosity (P < 0.05). A high grade of belief in a higher existence was negatively associated with the choice of ignoring as coping strategy (r = - 0.4, P < 0.05). Mood and affect-related variables had the highest impact on disability (b = 0.5, P < 0.05). In this cohort, the grade of religiosity played a role in the choice of coping strategies, but had no effects on health and mood outcome.
KW  - Fibromyalgia syndrome
KW  - religiosity
KW  - coping
KW  - disability
Y1  - 2022
UR  - https://opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/26913
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-269135
SN  - 1573-6571
VL  - 61
IS  - 1
ER  -