Identifying mindfulness and acceptance as mediators between negative affect, functional disability and emotional distress in patients with fibromyalgia

CONCLUSIONS: The findings highlight that mindfulness and acceptance have a significant indirect effect on physical impact, anxiety/depression and emotional distress when controlling for negative affect as an independent variable in the FM patients. Future investigation should replicate and extend these outcomes in other study populations to determine the mediating role of mindfulness and acceptance in FM.PMID:34796836
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Authors: Source Type: research