María Correa-Rodríguez, PhD, RN, is Associate Professor, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Granada, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
Jamal El Mansouri-Yachou, MSOT, OT, is PhD Candidate, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
Rosa María Tapia-Haro, MSPT, PT, OT, is PhD Candidate, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
Francisco Molina, PhD, PT, is Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas, Spain.
Alma Rus, PhD, BSc, is Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology, University of Granada, Campus Fuentenueva, Spain.
Blanca Rueda-Medina, PhD, BSc, RN, is Professor, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Granada, Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
María Encarnación Aguilar-Ferrandiz, PhD, PT, is Associate Professor, Instituto de Investigación Biosanitaria Granada, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Granada, Spain.
Accepted for publication November 26, 2018.
The authors would like to thank AFIXA (Asociación de Fibromialgia de Jaén) and AGRAMFIM (Asociación Granadina de Fibromialgia) associations and especially all participants of this study for their insightful contribution. This article is part of the PhD thesis developed by Jamal El Mansouri-Yachou and is included in the Official PhD Program of Biomedicine from the University of Granada, Spain.
All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committees and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Written informed consent was obtained for all participants.
The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
Corresponding author: Francisco Molina, PhD, PT, Department of Health Sciences, University of Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas s/n, 23071, Jaén, Spain (e-mail: [email protected]).
