ArticleQuality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation2015
Independent and combined association of overall physical fitness and subjective well-being with fibromyalgia severity: the al-Ándalus project.
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- Physical Fitness, Exercise Self-Efficacy, and Quality of Life in Adulthood: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Pooled it
- Light, but not moderate or vigorous, physical activity is consistently associated with higher levels of positive psychology resources and outcomes in women with fibromyalgia: a cross-sectional study from the al-Ándalus project.Rheumatology international · 2025Article
- Association Between Physical Fitness and Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Down Syndrome.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Abnormal functional neurocircuitry underpinning emotional processing in fibromyalgia.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2024Article
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- Associations of sport participation with subjective well-being: a study consisting of a sample of Chinese school-attending students.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
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- Longitudinal associations of physical fitness and affect with depression, anxiety and life satisfaction in adult women with fibromyalgia.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Fibromyalgia: Evidence for Deficits in Positive Psychology Resources. A Case-Control Study from the Al-Ándalus Project.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Why do some people with severe chronic pain adhere to walking prescriptions whilst others won't? A cross-sectional study exploring clinical and psychosocial predictors in women with fibromyalgia.Rheumatology international · 2021Observational
- Contextualizing goal preferences in fear-avoidance models. Looking at fatigue as a disabling symptom in fibromyalgia patients.PloS one · 2021Article
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- Sedentary Time Accumulated in Bouts is Positively Associated with Disease Severity in Fibromyalgia: The Al-Ándalus Project.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- The Relationship Between the Use of Mobile Social Media and Subjective Well-Being: The Mediating Effect of Boredom Proneness.Frontiers in psychology · 2020Article
- Goal Preferences, Affect, Activity Patterns and Health Outcomes in Women With Fibromyalgia.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
- Gender Differences in Symptoms, Health-Related Quality of Life, Sleep Quality, Mental Health, Cognitive Performance, Pain-Cognition, and Positive Health in Spanish Fibromyalgia Individuals: The Al-Ándalus Project.Pain research & management · 2016Article
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Abstract
purposeThe present study aimed: (1) to test the associations of overall physical fitness and subjective well-being with fibromyalgia severity and (2) to determine whether the combination of overall physical fitness and subjective well-being is associated with fibromyalgia severity among adult women patients.
methodsThis cross-sectional study included 424 participants from Andalusia, southern Spain. Overall physical fitness and the components of subjective well-being (positive affect, negative affect and cognitive well-being), and fibromyalgia severity were assessed using the Functional Senior Physical Fitness Test Battery, the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, the Satisfaction With Life Scale, and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, respectively.
resultsOverall physical fitness (β = -.23), positive affect (β = -.18), negative affect (β = .26), and cognitive well-being (β = -.18) were all associated with fibromyalgia severity. The patients with the highest overall physical fitness and increased subjective well-being reported ~15 % lower fibromyalgia severity than those with the lowest fitness and poorest subjective well-being (Cohen's d > 1.0).
conclusionOur results suggest that higher levels of overall physical fitness and subjective well-being are independently associated with lower fibromyalgia severity. Moreover, patients with higher overall physical fitness and increased subjective well-being (high positive affect, low negative affect, or high cognitive well-being) reported lower fibromyalgia severity than those with low levels of overall physical fitness and subjective well-being.
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