Predicting Adherence to Walking from Anxiety, Depression, Disease Impact, Catastrophizing, and Cognitive Fusion in Patients with Fibromyalgia: Does Pain Severity Matter?

Patricia Catala, Carmen Écija, Angel Serrano del Moral, Estibalitz Perez Viejo and Cecilia Peñacoba ()
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Patricia Catala: Department of Psychology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda. de Atenas s/n, 28922 Madrid, Spain
Carmen Écija: Department of Psychology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda. de Atenas s/n, 28922 Madrid, Spain
Angel Serrano del Moral: General Surgery and Digestive Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, 28944 Madrid, Spain
Estibalitz Perez Viejo: General Surgery and Digestive Surgery Service, Hospital Universitario de Fuenlabrada, 28944 Madrid, Spain
Cecilia Peñacoba: Department of Psychology, Rey Juan Carlos University, Avda. de Atenas s/n, 28922 Madrid, Spain

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 24, 1-9

Abstract: Aim: This study analyzed whether the contribution of several factors associated with walking adherence in fibromyalgia (FM) patients varies across pain severity levels. Methods: Participants were 228 women with FM (mean age 57 years; SD = 8.49). Results: Bivariate analyses replicated the expected association between predictors (FM impact, anxiety, depression, catastrophizing, and cognitive fusion) and poorer adherence to walking. Multivariate analyses showed a negative contribution of FM impact, catastrophizing, and depression on walking adherence after controlling for pain levels (all p < 0 .01). A moderation effect of pain severity in the relationship between predictors and adherence to walking was only found for cognitive fusion ( B = −0.01, t = −2.02, p = 0.040). Specifically, cognitive fusion only contributed to poor walking adherence at moderate and severe pain levels, but not when pain was mild. The contribution of the remaining predictors was not moderated by pain levels, which means that they contributed to walking adherence irrespective of the pain severity of the patient. Pain severity did not contribute to walking adherence when controlling for the predictors. Conclusion: Clinical implications are discussed from the perspective of personalized interventions and preferable target interventions when attempting to increase adherence to walking in this population.

Keywords: adherence to walking; pain severity; fibromyalgia; psychological processes; moderation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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