High Levels of Empathic Concern in Fibromyalgia Patients: Altos niveles de preocupación empática en pacientes con fibromialgia

• Leyton-Hernández, Deborah ; Vales-Motta, Lisandro-Heber ^[1]
  1. [1] Motta
• Localización: Journal of Applied Cognitive Neuroscience (JACN), ISSN-e 2745-0031, Vol. 2, Nº. 2, 2021 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Journal of Applied Cognitive Neuroscience; e00004009)
• Idioma: inglés
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  • High Levels of Empathic Concern in Fibromyalgia Patients
  • Altos niveles de preocupación empática en pacientes con fibromialgia
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  • Introduction: Fibromyalgia (FM) is a syndrome that is characterized by chronic pain, fatigue, and sleep, cognitive and mood disorders. From a clinical standpoint, these patients have excessive concern for others, which is related to their empathic capacity. There are few studies on social cognition in FM.

    Materials and Methods: The relationship between FM and empathy was studied in 22 adults with FM. Instruments: Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR), Interpersonal Reactivity Index (IRI).

    Results: High scores were observed in all of the domains of empathy. Relationships were found indicating that: 1) the lower the fantasy, the greater the overall impact of FM; 2) the greater the personal distress, the greater the FM symptomatology.

    Conclusions: People with FM present high empathic capacity; and empathic concern stands out as a primary dimension of empathy. Fantasy seems to be a buffer in FM. High levels of personal distress are associated with increased symptomatology of Fibromyalgia.