Alexithymia is associated with mood disorders, impairment in quality of life and disability in women with fibromyalgia.
CONCLUSIONS: Alexithymia plays an important role in clinical manifestations of FM, mainly in the psychological and social dimensions of quality of life and the degree of perceived disability.
PMID: 31603073 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research
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