Meanings of Being Received and Met by Others as Experienced by Women With Fibromyalgia

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ID4719787
AutoresPäivi Juuso (0000-0002-7388-069X, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden), Lisa Skär (0000-0002-5731-2799, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden), Malin Olsson (0000-0002-4130-1323, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden), Siv Söderberg (0000-0003-3915-9812, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden)
Ano2014
Volume24
Fascículo10
Páginas1381-1390
Data de publicação2014-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1049732314547540
PMID25147217
OpenAlexW2119321800
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas7
Referências citadas40

Fibromyalgia (FM) is a common chronic pain syndrome that mostly affects middle-aged women. Our aim with this study was to elucidate meanings of being received and met by others as experienced by women with FM. Interviews with a narrative approach were conducted with 9 women. We analyzed the transcribed interviews with a phenomenological hermeneutical interpretation. The findings revealed two themes: being seen as a malingerer and being acknowledged. Meanings of being received and met by others, as experienced by women with FM, can be understood as a movement between the two perspectives. When they were acknowledged, their feelings of security and trust increased, but the women could not rely on this because others received and met them in such an unpredictable manner

Feeling · Fibromyalgia · Hermeneutic phenomenology · Interpretative phenomenological analysis · Lived experience · Narrative · Psychiatry · Psychotherapist · Qualitative research · Sociology · Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research · Medicine · Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation · Psychology · Social Psychology