Living with a double burden: Meanings of pain for women with fibromyalgia

P Juuso, L Skär, M Olsson… - International journal of …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
Living with fibromyalgia (FM) means living with a chronic pain condition that greatly
influences daily life. The majority of people with FM are middle-aged women. The aim of this …

Struggling for dignity: The meaning of women's experiences of living with fibromyalgia

S Söderberg, B Lundman… - Qualitative health …, 1999 - journals.sagepub.com
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain syndrome with an obscure etiology, which
mostly afflicts middle-aged women. In this study, 14 women with FM were interviewed about …

Meanings of feeling well for women with fibromyalgia

P Juuso, L Skär, M Olsson… - Health care for women …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
The researchers' focus in this study was to elucidate meanings of feeling well for women
with fibromyalgia (FM). We obtained narrative interviews with 13 women with FM and used a …

Transitions experienced by women with fibromyalgia

S Söderberg, B Lundman - Health care for women international, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome the hallmarks of which are a chronic diffuse
musculoskeletal pain, tender points, and fatigue. The majority of those who have FM are …

Living with a woman with fibromyalgia from the perspective of the husband

S Söderberg, M Strand, M Haapala… - Journal of advanced …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome, which affects mostly middle‐
aged women. The syndrome is poorly understood and treatment is mainly palliative. The …

Meanings of being received and met by others as experienced by women with fibromyalgia

P Juuso, L Skär, M Olsson… - Qualitative Health …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain syndrome that mostly affects middle-aged
women. Our aim with this study was to elucidate meanings of being received and met by …

The lived experience of fibromyalgia in female patients, a phenomenological study

F Wuytack, P Miller - Chiropractic & manual therapies, 2011 - Springer
Background Fibromyalgia is a chronic syndrome with no cure. A thorough understanding of
the illness experience is therefore key in the palliative care of patients with this condition. In …

Strategies used for managing symptoms by women with fibromyalgia

T Kengen Traska, DN Rutledge… - Journal of clinical …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aims. The goal of this study was to describe how persons with fibromyalgia manage their
lives given the multiple symptoms they experience, in particular how they use non …

The experience of living with fibromyalgia: confronting an invisible disability

M Sturge-Jacobs - Research and Theory for Nursing Practice, 2002 - search.proquest.com
Fibromyalgia (FM) is a complex, chronic, painful musculoskeletal syndrome which is
characterized by extreme fatigue, disordered sleep, and other associated physical and …

Coping with fibromyalgia: a qualitative study

LRM Hallberg, SG Carlsson - Scandinavian journal of caring …, 2000 - Wiley Online Library
This study aims to describe, from the perspective of patients with fibromyalgia themselves,
their experiences of having to live with chronic pain and how they manage their situation …