SAÚDE MENTAL DE MULHERES DIAGNOSTICADAS COM FIBROMIALGIA: Uma revisão integrativa da literatura

Abstract

Fibromyalgia is a chronic rheumatological condition that is manifested by widespread pain throughout the body, especially in tendons and joints, but without evidence of inflammation at the sites of pain. The literature also points to the existence of psychological symptoms that may be present in this diagnosis, such as: intense mood swings and high levels of anxiety and depression. Fibromyalgia mainly affects adult women, making it necessary to investigate how the diagnosis influences their daily lives and self-perception. Thus, this study aims to understand how Fibromyalgia affects the mental health of women diagnosed, according to the works of the last five years available in full. An Integrative Literature Review was performed, using the following descriptors in the searches: Fibromyalgia and Mental Health. All accompanied by the Boolean operator AND. The literature bases consulted were: Periódico Capes and Virtual Health Library of the Ministry of Health (BVS). 17 works were identified, among which 6 were selected to compose this study. The works pointed out how much the overload of working hours that are linked to the female figure, generate consequences for the mental health of women diagnosed with Fibromyalgia, generating feelings of guilt, incapacity and anguish. In addition, there are also impacts on social and loving relationships, self-esteem and the ability to self-manage pain. Thus, it is notable that the consequences of Fibromyalgia intensify when we reflect on the social roles assigned to the female gender.