{"id":11579,"date":"2024-02-20T15:23:22","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T20:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/?p=11579"},"modified":"2026-03-24T13:32:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T17:32:25","slug":"early-experiences-psychosocial-processes-and-fibromyalgia-symptoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/early-experiences-psychosocial-processes-and-fibromyalgia-symptoms","title":{"rendered":"Early experiences, psychosocial processes and fibromyalgia symptoms"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone et_flex_column_24_24_tabletWide et_flex_column_24_24_widescreen et_flex_column_24_24_ultraWide preset--module--divi-column--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module preset--module--divi-text--default\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><!-- wp:columns --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns\"><!-- wp:column {\"width\":\"66.66%\"} --><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-column\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\"><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Call for participants with fibromyalgia!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Are you between 18 and 65 years old and suffering from Fibromyalgia?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Do you usually experience excruciating pain and tiredness that few understand?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:column --><\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:columns --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Do you want to play a more active role in helping to understand and raise awareness of your condition?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">We invite you to participate in our study aiming to explore Patients\u2019 perspectives and experiences regarding fibromyalgia, carried out by the Fibromyalgia Study Group from the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, led by Prof. Pereira da Silva ().<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">For those with fibromyalgia please follow this link to get started:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/limesurvey.fpce.uc.pt\/limesurvey\/index.php\/178944?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/limesurvey.fpce.uc.pt\/limesurvey\/index.php\/178944?lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:block {\"ref\":1823} \/--><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>Call for participants without fibromyalgia or any chronic diseases!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">We need a group of people <strong>WITHOUT FIBROMYALGIA, PTSD OR OTHER CHRONIC DISORDER<\/strong> to serve as a control group.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Your help as a \u201chealthy subject\u201d is essential to help us better understand how people with this disease differ from the rest of the population.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Are you between 18 and 65 years old and suffering from Fibromyalgia?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Do you want to play a more active role in understanding and raising awareness of fibromyalgia?<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">We invite you to take part in our study which aims to explore the perspectives and experiences of patients in relation to fibromyalgia, carried out by the Fibromyalgia Study Group at the University of Coimbra in Portugal. We need a group of people <strong>WITHOUT FIBROMYALGIA, PTSD OR OTHER CHRONIC DISORDER<\/strong> to serve as a control group.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">To take part, follow this LINK:<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/limesurvey.fpce.uc.pt\/limesurvey\/index.php\/573441?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/limesurvey.fpce.uc.pt\/limesurvey\/index.php\/573441?lang=en<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">Thank you very much for your valuable contribution!<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><em>Note that both links allow for responses in English or French, depending on the preference of the participant.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"typography\":{\"fontSize\":\"18px\"}}} --><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\">This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra, Portugal.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- wp:block {\"ref\":1823} \/--><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We invite you to participate in our study aiming to explore Patients\u2019 perspectives and experiences regarding fibromyalgia, carried out by the Fibromyalgia Study Group from the University of Coimbra, in Portugal, led by Prof. Pereira da Silva<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-past","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11579\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fibrocanada.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}