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Fibromyalgia patients may benefit from higher mindfulness, according to a new cross-sectional analysis published in the June issue of Clinical Rheumatology.&ldquo;Previous studies suggest mindfulness is associated with pain and depression. However, its impact in individuals with fibromyalgia remains unclear,&rdquo; the study authors wrote. &ldquo;We examined associations between mindfulness and physical and psychological symptoms, pain interference, and quality of life in fibromyalgia patients.&rdquo;The researchers used baseline data from a clinical trial on fibromyalgia. The Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire (FFMQ) was used to evaluate patients&rsquo; mindfulness, and regression models were used to evaluate associations between mindfulness and fibromyalgia impact, pain interference, physical function, depression, anxiety, stress, self-efficacy, health-related quality of life, and psychological outcomes.The final analysis included 177 patients (age 52.0 &thinsp;&plusmn;&thinsp;12.2 [standard deviation] years) who were mostly female (93.2%) and white (58.8%). The average body mass index was 30.1&thinsp;&plusmn;&thinsp;6.7 kg/m2. FFMQ and Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire scores were 131.3&thinsp;&plusmn;&thinsp;20.7 and 57.0&thinsp;&plusmn;&thinsp;19.4, respectively. The researchers observed a relationship between higher mindfulness and lower fibromyalgia impact (r&thinsp;=&thinsp;&minus;&thinsp;0.25), pain interference (r&thinsp;=&thinsp;&minus;&thinsp;0.31), stress (r&thinsp;=&thinsp;&minus;&thinsp;0.56), anxiety (r&thinsp;=&thinsp;&minus;&thinsp;0.58), depression (r&thinsp;=&thinsp;&minus;&thinsp;0.54), and better mental health-related quality of life (r&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.57).&ldquo;Describing, Acting-with-awareness, and Non-judging facets of mindfulness were also associated with these outcomes,&rdquo; the researchers wrote, adding, &ldquo;Mindfulness moderated the effect of fibromyalgia impact on anxiety (interaction P&thinsp;=&thinsp;0.01).&rdquo;The study authors wrote in their conclusion, &ldquo;Mindfulness moderates the influence of fibromyalgia impact on anxiety, suggesting mindfulness may alter how patients cope with fibromyalgia. Future studies should assess how mind-body therapies aiming to cultivate mindfulness may impact the well-being of patients with fibromyalgia.&rdquo;

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