BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: To characterize anxiety of females with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and to observe the association of trait and state anxiety with pain and non-restorative sleep. METHODS: Participated in the study 61 females with clinical diagnosis of FMS, living in Greater Florianópolis. Socio-Demographic and Clinical Questionnaire (SDCQ) and Trait-State Anxiety Inventory (TSAI) were used as research tools. RESULTS: Mean age of participants was 49 ± 9.2 years. Widespread pain was present in 88.5% (n = 54) of participants and non-restorative sleep was present in 54 females (88.5%). State anxiety showed moderate level of anxiety in 57.4% of participants (n = 35); in trait anxiety, the level of moderate anxiety was present in 85.2% of females (n = 52). There has been significant correlation between non-restorative sleep and trait anxiety (p = 0.03). There has been no correlation between widespread pain and trait anxiety (p = 0.53), widespread pain (p = 0.98) and non-restorative sleep (p = 0.10) and state anxiety. CONCLUSION: Moderate level of anxiety has predominated in this population of females with FMS both for state and trait anxiety. No worsening of pain has been observed in all groups; however there has been correlation between females with trait anxiety and non-restorative sleep.
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