Assessment of Pain Experience in Fibromyalgia

Assessment of Pain Experience in Fibromyalgia Using Abstract Animations and Graphic Body Maps, and Determinants of Pain Quality

The aim of this study is to assess pain in individuals with fibromyalgia using abstract animations and graphical body maps, and to investigate the determinants of pain quality.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Being 18 years of age or older
• Being female
• Having a diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome according to the American Rheumatology Association Criteria
• Not receiving active physiotherapy and rehabilitation treatment
• Volunteering to participate in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Having a serious pathology or disease that could compromise the assessment process or affect clinical decision-making (metastasis, cancer, untreated or unhealed fractures, central nervous system disease or history of diabetes, pain outside the musculoskeletal system)
• Having severe mental and psychological disorders