61 research outputs found
Assessing Self-Efficacy for Physical Activity and Walking Exercise in Women with Fibromyalgia
Background: Exercise and physical activity are an evidence-based practice for chronic pain. Health profes- sionals need instruments to assess self-efficacy for this practice taking into account the specific barriers of patients with these health problems. Purpose: To develop and test the psychometric properties of a new self-efficacy scale for physical activity and walking exercise in patients with fibromyalgia. Design: A cross-sectional and prospective study was conducted in a Spanish Fibromyalgia Unit. Two hun- dred and eleven new patients signed the informed consent and participated in the study. All of them were women, referred to by either Primary or Specialized Health Care. In addition to the new scale, they filled out several self-reported and validated instruments to collect the data present in this study. Results: Exploratory factor analysis showed a three-factor model (GFI = .99; RMSR = .06) that explained 74.2% of the total variance. They assessed how confident patients felt about walking quickly in both 30- and 60-minute sessions, (Factor I: 10 items; α= .97), to perform daily physical activities (Factor II: 10 items; α= .93) and to undertake moderate physical activity (Factor III: 5 items; α= .95). The total score of the scale and the three-factor scores showed good criterion validity and adequate validity based on the relationships with other constructs. Conclusions: The scale showed adequate psychometric properties and can be a useful tool to help health professionals monitor patientsâ self-efficacy perception and customize both physical activity and walking exercise intervention goals and their implementatio
What Do Adolescents Believe About Performing and Accepting Intimate Partner Violence Behaviors? A Reasoned Action Approach
Intimate partner violence against adolescent girls is of increasing political and social concern. This paper presents formative
research on the reasoned action approach (RAA) to the prediction of boysâ perpetration and girlsâ acceptance of four psychologically
abusive behaviors. Our objectives were: (1) to identify the behavioral and normative modal beliefs behind malesâ
performance and girlsâ acceptance of the behaviors and (2) to explore the relationship between attitudes, perceived social norm,
intention and behavior. A total of 479 adolescents between 14 and 18 years of age completed questionnaires on the performance
(boys) or acceptance (girls) of a specific behavior. We used a grouping process to identify modal beliefs and carried out eight
exploratory multiple regression analysis (one per behavior) to study attitude and social norm as predictors of intention and
behavior. Positive and negative behavioral beliefs coexist in boysâ and girlsâ minds, which can reflect an unclear positioning
against abusive behaviors. Positive outcomes seem to be influenced by socialization processes and love myths. Peers can be a risk
factor whereas parents are a protective factor against the performance and acceptance of these behaviors. Results showed
significant relationships between the constructs in the sense specified by the model. Prevention programs could benefit by:
managing participantsâ individual behavior, intervening separately with boys and girls, overcoming adolescentsâ confusion
regarding these behaviors, and targeting parents as a means of discouraging their performance and acceptance. The RAA appears
a useful tool for explaining and predicting the performance and acceptance of abusive behavior
¿Cuåles son las señales de alarma mås representativas de la violencia de pareja contra las adolescentes?
Identifying which warning signs (WS) of intimate partner violence against girls (IPV) must be included in prevention programs is essential, since there is not an explicit consensus. Our first aim was identifying the most frequent WS included in the reviewed Spanish prevention guides by means of a content analysis performed independently by three judges. Our second aim was subjecting these to a sample of adolescents (n=60) to know: (1) if they identify them as abusive behaviours; (2) how frequently do they consider they have to occur to be WS, and; (3) how frequently they observe them in their peer environment. Among the 23 identified WS, controlling (n=11) and devaluating behaviours (n=6) are the most frequent in the reviewed literature and the formersÂŽ the most observed in the adolescentsâ environment (rank: 52.5% - 90%). The majority labelled the 23 behaviours as abusive. Four controlling and 3 devaluating behaviours had to occur very often to be an IPV warning sign. Therefore their tolerance to these WS is high. The outcomes are valuable for the development of prevention programs and suggest the need of investigating on the explanatory factors of such tolerance.Identificar quĂ© señales de alarma de violencia de gĂ©nero (VG) en la adolescencia deben incluirse en los programas de prevenciĂłn es esencial. Al no existir un acuerdo explĂcito al respecto, nuestro primer objetivo fue identificar quĂ© señales son mĂĄs frecuentes en las guĂas de prevenciĂłn españolas revisadas, mediante un anĂĄlisis de contenido realizado independientemente por 3 juezas. Nuestro segundo objetivo fue valorar una muestra de adolescentes (n= 60) para conocer: (1) si las identifican como conductas violentas; (2) con quĂ© frecuencia consideran que deben ocurrir para ser señales de alarma, y (3) con quĂ© frecuencia las observan en su entorno de iguales. Entre las 23 señales identificadas, las conductas de control (n = 11) y desvalorizaciĂłn (n = 6) son las mĂĄs frecuentes en la literatura revisada y prevalentes en los grupos de iguales (52.5% - 90%). La mayorĂa identificĂł las 23 conductas como violentas. Cuatro conductas de control y 3 de desvalorizaciĂłn tienen que darse a menudo para ser consideradas señales de alarma de VG. Por tanto, su tolerancia a las mismas es elevada. Estos resultados son Ăștiles para la elaboraciĂłn de programas de prevenciĂłn y sugieren la necesidad de investigar sobre los factores explicativos de dicha tolerancia
Predicting walking as exercise in women with fibromyalgia from the perspective of the theory of planned behavior
Based on the theory of planned behavior, this study examined factors related to the intention to adhere to an unsupervised walking program and the intention-behavior gap in relation to walking adherence in women with fibromyalgia. We also accounted for specific variables: fear of movement, pain intensity, distress and disability.
TPB constructs, walking behavior and the above-mentioned variables were assessed in 274 women aged 18 to 70 years old (mean 51.8, range 25.5â69.1 years) at baseline and seven weeks later (n = 219)
during 2012. Intention to adhere to a walking program showed medium scores at baseline and was associated with attitude and perceived behavioral control (PBC). Self-reported walking adherence at Time 2 was only predicted by perceived behavioral control. The intention-behavior gap was present in 33% of participants. Logistic regression analysis showed PBC associated with being a successful intender. Women with fibromyalgia were motivated to walk; however, they did not act on their intentions, and PBC appeared as the
main explanation. Women who perceived high control in comparison to those who perceived low control, increased their likelihood of adhering to a walking program about three-fold. Women with fibromyalgia should increase their perceived control through different strategies
Do women with fibromyalgia adhere to walking for exercise programs to improve their health? Systematic review and meta-analysis
Background: Walking is recommended for fibromyalgia, but the rate of adherence to this exercise is not
known. Poor adherence to physical exercise can limit the effectiveness in health benefits.
Objectives: To examine adherence to interventions that include walking for fibromyalgia and to explore
its moderators among the characteristics of patients, of the walking prescription and of the interventions.
Data sources: References from 2000 to 2016 have been collected through PubMed, PsycINFO, CINAHL,
SPORTDiscus, Cochrane, and Teseo.
Study selection: We included quasi-experimental and randomized controlled trials in adults with fibromyalgia
that involved walking for exercise. Two authors screened records independently and disagreements
were resolved by discussion.
Data extraction: Independently extracted by two assessors. Methodological quality of the studies was
assessed using an ad hoc scale.
Data synthesis: Nineteen trials, 32 experimental groups, recruited a total of 983 participants (96.78%
women) with mean ages between 45 and 60.60. Adherence to the intervention program was reported in
19 of 32 experimental groups and ranged, on average, from 73 to 87.20% depending on the type of
assessment. Most relevant moderators of adherence were the recruitment of participants through physicians
and the nurses as supervisors of exercise.
Conclusion: Adherence rates (attendance at sessions) to programs with walking were high. However, a
lack of information precludes knowledge of whether participants sustained walking between sessions or
after the treatment. Further work is required to examine in greater depth such contextual variables of
interventions as the professional-participant relationship or to explore other possible moderators such as
patient expectations of the treatment
Activity patterns and functioning. A contextualâfunctional approach to pain catastrophizing in women with fibromyalgia
The psychological flexibility model states that activity patterns are not
deemed to be intrinsically functional or dysfunctional; it is considered that underlying factors, such
as personal goals and contextual factors, are what will determine their effects on disability. Pain catastrophizing has frequently been associated with several important pain-related outcomes. Despite its
recent conceptualization within affectiveâmotivational approaches, its moderating role between activity patterns and dysfunction has not been analyzed. Methods: This study analyzes the moderating
role of pain catastrophizing and its dimensions (Pain Catastrophizing Scale) between activity patterns
(Activity Patterns Scale) and disease impact (Fibromyalgia Impact QuestionnaireâRevised) in 491
women with fibromyalgia. Results: Activity avoidance (p < 0.001), excessive persistence (p < 0.001)
and pacing (p < 0.01) patterns were positively associated with fibromyalgia impact. Helplessness
shows a moderating role between pain avoidance (B = 0.100, t =2.30, p = 0.021, [0.01, 0.18]), excessive
persistence (B = â0.09, t = â2.24, p = 0.02, [â0.18, â0.01]), pain persistence (B = â0.10, t = â2.04,
p = 0.04, [â0.19, â0.004]) and functioning. Conclusion: Helplessness (within pain catastrophizing)
is a relevant variable within psychological flexibility models applied to activity patterns. Specifically, pain avoidance is especially dysfunctional in patients with high helplessness. To improve
excessive persistence and pain persistence, it is necessary to reduce helplessness before regulating
activity patterns
Goal Preferences, Affect, Activity Patterns and Health Outcomes in Women With Fibromyalgia
Some motivational models understand health behavior as a result of the interaction
between goal preferences and mood. However, this perspective has not been explored
in fibromyalgia. Furthermore, in chronic pain, it has only been explored with regard
to negative affect. Thus, our aims were: (1) to develop a Spanish version of the Goal
Pursuit Questionnaire (GPQ); (2) to explore the relationships between goal preferences
and health outcomes, testing the moderator role of affect and the mediating role of
chronic pain activity patterns. We conducted two cross-sectional studies. In Study 1,
after a double translation/back-translation process, we interviewed 94 women attending
the Fibromyalgia Unit of the Community of Valencia in order to identify the cultural
feasibility and the content validity of the GPQ. Study 2 comprised 260 women. We
explored the GPQ structure and performed path analyses to test conditional mediation
relationships. Eight activities from the original GPQ were changed while maintaining
the conceptual equivalence. Exploratory factor analysis showed two factors: âPainavoidance goalâ and âMood-management goalâ (37 and 13% of explained variance,
respectively). These factors refer to patientsâ preference for hedonic goals (pain
avoidance or mood-management) over achievement goals. Robust RMSEA fit index
of the final models ranged from 0.039 for pain to 0.000 for disability and fibromyalgia
impact. Pain avoidance goals and negative affect influenced pain mediated by taskcontingent persistence. They also affected disability mediated by task and excessive
persistence. Pain avoidance goals and positive affect influenced fibromyalgia impact
mediated by activity avoidance. We also found a direct effect of negative and positive
affect on health outcomes. Preference for pain avoidance goals was always related to
pain, disability and fibromyalgia impact through activity patterns. Affect did not moderate
these relationships and showed direct and indirect paths on health outcomes, mainly
by increasing persistence and showing positive affect as an asset and not a risk factor.
Intervention targets should include flexible reinforcement of achievement goals relative to
pain avoidance goals and positive affect in order to promote task-persistence adaptive
activity patterns and decreased activity avoidance
Predicting Abusive Behaviours in Spanish Adolescentsâ Relationships: Insights from the Reasoned Action Approach
(1) Background: Partner violence prevention programmes do not produce the expected
behavioural changes. Accordingly, experts suggest applying evidence-based behavioural models to
identify the determinants of abusive behaviours. In this research, we applied the reasoned action
approach (RAA) to predict the performance (boys) and acceptance (girls) of abusive behaviours in
adolescents. (2) Method: We designed a questionnaire based on the RAA and performed a crosssectional
study. We analysed the predictive capacity of the RAA constructs on intentions with the
sample of single adolescents (n = 1112). We replicated the analysis only with those who were in a
relationship (n = 587) and in addition analysed the predictive capacity of intention on future behaviour
(3 months later). (3) Results: The hierarchical regression analysis performed with the sample of
single adolescents showed that the model explained 56% and 47% of the variance of boysâ intentions
to perform the controlling and devaluing behaviours, respectively; and 62% and 33% of girlsâ intention
to accept them. With those in a relationship, the model explained 60% and 53% of the variance
of boysâ intentions to perform the controlling and devaluating behaviour, respectively, and 70% and
38% of girlsâ intention to accept them. Intention exerted direct effects on boysâ performance of controlling
and devaluing behaviours (31% and 34% of explained variance, respectively) and on girlsâ
acceptance (30% and 7%, respectively). (4) Conclusions: The RAA seems useful to identify the motivational
determinants of abusive behaviours, regardless of adolescentsÂŽ relationship status, and
for their prediction. Perceived social norms emerge as a relevant predictor on which to intervene to
produce behavioural changes with both sexe
Analysing motivation to do medicine cross-culturally: The international motivation to do medicine scale
Vaglum, Wiers-Jensen, & Ekeberg (1999) developed an instrument to assess motivation to study medicine. This instrument has been applied in different countries but it has not been studied cross-culturally. Our aims were to develop a Motivation to do Medicine Scale for use in international studies and to compare motivations of UK and Spanish medical students (UK: n= 375; Spain: n= 149). A cross-sectional and cross-cultural study was conducted. The Vaglum et al. (1999) Motivation to do Medicine Scale (MMS) was used. The original MMS factor structure was not supported by the Confirmatory Factor Analysis. Exploratory Factor Analyses within each country identified four factors: âPeopleâ, âStatusâ, âNatural Scienceâ and âResearchâ. Students scored higher on the âPeopleâ and âNatural Scienceâ than on the other factors. The UK sample scored higher than the Spanish sample on the âResearchâ factor and there were greater difference between genders in Spain for both âPeopleâ and âResearchâ factors. The scale is suitable for use in cross-cultural studies of medical studentsâ motivation. It can be used to investigate differences between countries and may be used to examine changes in motivation over time or over medical disciplines.Con el objetivo de analizar la percepcioÌn sobre la crianza materna y paterna, 1182 ninÌos y adolescentes (45,3% chicos y 54,7% chicas) con edades comprendidas entre 8 y 16 anÌos, fueron evaluados mediante el Child Report Parental Behaviour Inventory (CRPBI; Shaefer, 1965). Los resultados muestran una mayor sensibilidad de las chicas a la afectividad y en los chicos al control y la hostilidad parentales. La madre obtiene mayores puntuaciones en todos los factores con la excepcioÌn de hostilidad. A medida que los hijos crecen, eÌstos informan de un decremento en el afecto, la comunicacioÌn y la supervisioÌn, en ambos padres, y por el contrario, de un incremento en la percepcioÌn de la hostilidad
Promoting unsupervised walking in women with fibromyalgia: a randomized controlled trial
The objective of this study is to test the efficacy of a group motiva-tional plus implementation intentions intervention in promoting adherence to an unsupervised walking program recommended for fibromyalgia, compared to an implementation intentions condition and to an active control condition. A triple-blind, randomized, long-itudinal study with measures at baseline, short (seven weeks post- intervention), mid (12 weeks) and long-term (36 weeks) is performed. Data are analyzed using multilevel longitudinal growth curve two- level modelling. Participants are 157 women with fibromyalgia. In the short-term, adherence to the minimum and to the standard walking program (primary outcome measures) is explained by time (both p <.001), motivational plus implementation intentions intervention (both p <.001) and by their interaction (both p <.001). Regarding the secondary outcomes, only physical function is explained by time (p <.001), motivational plus implementation intentions intervention (p <.05) and by their interaction (p <.05). Motivational plus imple-mentation intentions intervention achieve the promotion of walking as an exercise in the short-term; furthermore, physical function of the women in this condition is better than in the other two intervention groups, which is a relevant outcome from a rehabilitation point of view. However, more studies are needed to maintain the exercise at mid and long-term
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