The associations of fibromyalgia syndrome with emotional, physical, and sexual abuse were systematically assessed. Further, it was tested in a study with patients of different clinical settings, if the association between FMS and CMs (childhood maltreatments) can be explained by mediators. The association of FMS with physical and sexual abuse could be confirmed in the systematic review, but is confounded by study quality. Comorbid depression was identified as a mediator of the association of CMs and FMS in the study with FMS-patients of three different clinical settings.
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The associations of fibromyalgia syndrome with emotional, physical, and sexual abuse were systematically assessed. Further, it was tested in a study with patients of different clinical settings, if the association between FMS and CMs (childhood maltreatments) can be explained by mediators. The association of FMS with physical and sexual abuse could be confirmed in the systematic review, but is confounded by study quality. Comorbid depression was identified as a mediator of the association of CMs...
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