Fibromyalgia syndrome is one of the most common causes of chronic widespread pain, but
pain accompanies a wide range of ancillary symptoms. To date, its aetiopathogenesis …

Background Patients with functional somatic syndromes (FSS) experience stigma which
arguably affects their health. Aim To determine the presence of perceived stigma and its …

Objective Nociplastic concept incorporates a broad continuum of pain phenotypes shared
with clinical peculiarity. This study aimed to develop and validate a diagnostic tool, the …

Objectives Illness invalidation is a term used to describe when someone's illness experience
is delegitimised by another person in the social environment. This study investigated …

Nociplastic pain (NP), as a mechanistic term, denotes pain arising from altered nociception
without clear evidence of tissue or somatosensory damage. Fibromyalgia (FM), a …

Researchers have been increasingly investigating observer and patient characteristics that
may influence the assessment of pain in others. While rates of psychiatric conditions are …

Objectives The social pain or invalidation denoting painful feeling following social conflicts
or misunderstanding about illness legitimacy has been proposed as a salient disabling …

La fibromialgia es una enfermedad reumática crónica cuya principal característica es un
dolor profundo y persistente en la mayor parte del cuerpo. Aunque el número de personas …

Pain invalidation (eg, having pain discounted) is a risk factor for depression among people
with chronic pain, but the mechanisms remain unclear. Shame is a common, yet …

Aim Fibromyalgia (FM) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients face invalidation in the form of
“discounting” and “lack of understanding”. Invalidation can have effects on the quality of life …