ArticlePain medicine (Malden, Mass.)2024
Suicidal ideation in female individuals with fibromyalgia and comorbid obesity: prevalence and association with clinical, pain-related, and psychological factors.
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- Association of loneliness and social isolation with excess risk of mental disorders in people with obesity: a prospective cohort study.Population health metrics · 2025Article
- Exploring the role of obesity in predicting mental health disorders: analyzing the effects of diagnosis sequence order.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Mu-opioid receptor expression on B cells as a potential biomarker for chronic pain: a follow-up study with patients with fibromyalgia.Pain reports · 2025Article
- Psychological pain tolerance mediates the association between physical pain sensitivity and suicidal ideation: a cross-sectional study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Pain, Anger, and Rumination in Fibromyalgia: A Vicious Cycle?Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Fibromyalgia severity and symptoms are associated with the disorders of gut-brain interaction.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Observational
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- The relationship between weight-adjusted-waist index and suicidal ideation: evidence from NHANES.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2024Article
- The impact of exercise intensity on depression in fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveIndividuals with fibromyalgia report alarming levels of suicidal ideation, and comorbidity with other chronic health conditions such as obesity-a risk factor for suicidal ideation per se-could further complicate the clinical picture. The aim of this study is to determine, in a sample of women with fibromyalgia and comorbid obesity, the prevalence of suicidal ideation and to evaluate clinical, pain-related and psychological factors associated with suicidal ideation.
methodsIn total, 156 female individuals with fibromyalgia and obesity were recruited and completed a series of self-report measures that assessed (i) the level of pain intensity, (ii) depressive symptomatology, (iii) sleep quality, and (iv) pain catastrophizing. Suicidal ideation was evaluated by item #9 of the Beck Depression Inventory. In addition, information regarding previous suicide attempts and current opioid use was collected.
results3n sum, 7.8% of participants reported presence of suicidal ideation. According to the results of the multiple logistic regression, depressive symptomatology, sleep quality, and pain catastrophizing were associated with the presence of suicidal ideation. DISCUSSION: The presence of suicidal ideation in our sample was significantly associated with depressive symptomatology, sleep quality, and pain catastrophizing. Our findings are the first to suggest a unique (ie, independent of depressive symptomatology, and sleep quality) association between pain catastrophizing and suicidal ideation in the context of fibromyalgia and comorbid obesity. In order to prevent and reduce suicidal ideation, these factors should be assessed and targeted in interventions for pain management. Future research should investigate the extent to which addressing depressive symptoms, sleep quality, and pain catastrophizing reduces suicidal ideation.
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