title: "I'm not the woman I was": Women's perceptions of the effects of fibromyalgia on private life.
abstract: In this qualitative study, we explored how gender shapes women's experiences of living with fibromyalgia and how it affects their private lives. Through thematic analysis of data from 13 in-depth interviews in Spain, we identified seven themes which reflect that these women feel remorse and frustration for not being able to continue to fulfill the gender expectation of caring for others and for the home. This research contributes to a better understanding of what suffering from fibromyalgia implies for women and provides insights into how families and providers can support women with fibromyalgia in order to achieve a beneficial lifestyle.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Nursing and Physiotherapy , Faculty of Nursing and Physiotherapy, University of Lleida , Lleida , Spain.|b Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante , Alicante , Spain.
authors.forename: Erica
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Briones-Vozmediano
authors.affiliation: b Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante , Alicante , Spain.|c Department of Community Nursing , Preventive Medicine & Public Health and History of Science, University of Alicante , Alicante , Spain.|d Centre for Biomedical Research on Epidemiology and Public Health, Consorcio de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Epidemiología y Salud Pública , Barcelona , Spain.
authors.forename: Carmen
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vives-Cases
authors.affiliation: b Public Health Research Group, University of Alicante , Alicante , Spain.|e Epidemiology and Global Health Unit, Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, University of Umeå , Umeå , Sweden.
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Goicolea
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D017281:Cost of Illness; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008016:Life Change Events; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010465:Perception; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012737:Sex Factors; D018434:Sickness Impact Profile; D013030:Spain; D018454:Spouses / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*