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

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

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

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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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