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This work was funded by the Health Research Found (Fondo de Investigacion en Salud). grant number PI17/00858 from the Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Spain), co-financed by the European Union through the Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (FEDER). Moreover, the author A.M.L.-P. is supported by the Industrial Doctorate Spanish National grant program, part of the Strategic Plan on Science and Innovation Support of the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities. The predoctoral industry grant ID is DIN2018-010129.

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Lavin-Perez, Ana MyriamAuthorCollado-Mateo, DanielAuthorArias, Alexander GilAuthorGutierrez, LorenaAuthorEcija, CarmenAuthorCatala, PatriciaAuthorPenacoba, CeciliaCorresponding Author

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The Role of Self-Efficacy and Activity Patterns in the Physical Activity Levels of Women with Fibromyalgia

Publicated to:Biology. 12 (1): 85- - 2023-01-01 12(1), DOI: 10.3390/biology12010085

Authors: Lavin-Perez, Ana Myriam; Collado-Mateo, Daniel; Arias, Alexander Gil; Gutierrez, Lorena; Ecija, Carmen; Catala, Patricia; Penacoba, Cecilia

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Ingesport, GO FitLAB, Madrid 28003, Spain - Author
Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Ctr Sport Studies, Fuenlabrada 28943, Madrid, Spain - Author
Rey Juan Carlos Univ, Dept Psychol, Alcorcon 28922, Spain - Author

Abstract

Simple Summary Self-efficacy has been identified as a crucial variable to reduce sedentarism in women with fibromyalgia. The present study aimed to evaluate the role of self-efficacy, the impact of fibromyalgia, and activity patterns on the objective physical activity levels. One hundred and twenty-three women with fibromyalgia participated in this cross-sectional study. Physical activity levels were assessed with accelerometers, while self-efficacy, activity patterns, and fibromyalgia impact were evaluated through questionnaires. Results revealed that self-efficacy for physical activity was directly related to light, moderate, and vigorous physical activity, as well as inversely related to sedentary time. Self-efficacy for walking and light physical activity seems to be more relevant than self-efficacy for moderate and vigorous physical activity to achieve higher levels of physical activity. Keeping high levels of physical activity is a challenge among chronic patients. In this regard, self-efficacy has been identified as a crucial variable to reduce sedentarism and physical inactivity in women with fibromyalgia. The current study aimed to evaluate the associations among objective physical activity levels, self-efficacy, activity patterns, and the impact of the disease, as well as to compare those variables between women with fibromyalgia with different self-efficacy levels. For this purpose, in this cross-sectional study, the physical activity levels of 123 women with fibromyalgia were assessed by accelerometers, together with self-efficacy, the impact of the disease, and activity patterns. Results revealed that self-efficacy for light or moderate physical activity was directly related to light (p < 0.01), moderate (p < 0.01), and vigorous physical activity (p < 0.05), as well as inversely related to sedentary time (p < 0.01). Moreover, the main differences were observed between those with low self-efficacy levels and the rest of the sample, while there were no differences between the high and the medium self-efficacy groups (p > 0.05). Thus, self-efficacy for walking and light physical activity seems to be more relevant than self-efficacy for moderate and vigorous physical activity to achieve higher levels of physical activity.

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AccelerometryAssociationsAvoidanceChronic painDisabilityFearImpact questionnaireMetaanalysisScaleSedentarismSelf-efficacyValidation

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Biology due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2023, it was in position 21/109, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Biology.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2025-07-07:

  • WoS: 3
  • Scopus: 2
  • Europe PMC: 1

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 34.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 34 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.5.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Lavín Pérez, Ana Myriam) and Last Author (Peñacoba Puente, María Cecilia).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been Peñacoba Puente, María Cecilia.