The purpose of our study; to determine the effectiveness of group psychotherapy in the treatment of Fibromyalgia Syndrome.~Patients who received 9 weeks of group therapy and those who did not, at the beginning of treatment, at the end of 9 weeks and 6 months after treatment will be evaluated using The Short Form-36, Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, Fatigue Severity Scale, Beck Depression Inventory, Beck Anxiety Inventory, Pain Beliefs Scale, Emotional Expression Questionnaire, Visual Analogue Scale, Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, 2016 Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Criteria.~At the end of the study, individuals are expected to show less depressive symptoms and anxiety symptoms compared to the beginning of the study, and it is thought that their complaints about pain will decrease.
The hypothesis of the study is that group therapy in fibromyalgia patients can provide significant improvement in pain, fatigue, anxiety and depression levels and emotional expressions.