Women's Daily Lives Research Articles

Life situations of Swedish women after mastectomy due to breast cancer: A qualitative study.

Breast cancer is a significant health issue all around the world and the most frequent type of cancer among Swedish women. The aim of this study was to explore and describe life situations of Swedish women with breast cancer after mastectomy. A qualitative study with semi-structured interviews was conducted by using an interview guide concerning experiences of changes in the women's daily lives and functions. Thirty-three women with breast cancer having undergone mastectomy participated. The data from the interviews were subjected to content analysis. Six categories emerged: Embarrassment with body image and loss of femininity; Feelings of fear, worry and anxiety; Better appreciation of life; Support from different sources; Experiences of care from health care professionals; and Need of information and follow-up care. The women's body image limits their daily lives, and psychological distress reminds them of their disease. Reception of support from family and healthcare professionals and perception of positive life are important. Sometimes there is a lack of information and follow-up from healthcare professionals, who should be aware of the women's feelings and needs.

İnce Memed romanında ve Kalevala destanında kadınlık ve annelik tasviri

Over the last few years there have been alterations in the construction of gender, particularly for women. The concepts of sex and gender are divided with sex remaining biological, and gender becoming constructed. The depiction of the ideal woman as passive, faithful, and obedient thus changed. As the gender issue reforms, motherhood has also begun to be questioned due to its association with the female sex. Women who meet these requirements are labelled “good” mothers, while those who do not are “bad”. Such changes in gender and motherhood led to the distinct characterization of women in daily life and these women began to be portrayed in literature with a special emphasis on their newly constructed female images. Novels and plays that display the changing face of motherhood with careless, nasty and irresponsible mothers have also appeared. However, there are still literary works that represent a more traditional woman and mother. In literature, even the representation of traditional womanhood and motherhood differs since some writers use these women to reveal their weakness, oppression, and vulnerability while others use their literary ability to exhibit how a traditional woman and mother can be strong, dedicated and compassionate to her children. Elias Lönnrot, a well-known literary figure in Finland, with his epic compilation of national folklore, The Kalevala, and Yashar Kemal, one of the most noteworthy authors of Turkish literature, with his renowned Memed, My Hawk, unveil entirely divergent attitudes towards the identities of “woman” and “mother”. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate how Kemal portrays womanhood and motherhood positively in Memed, My Hawk, while Lönnrot flaunts a dismissive viewpoint in The Kalevala. Analysis of these two masterpieces from disparate authors and epochs shows their distinctiveness in consideration of the Anatolian and Finnish cultures.

Sejarah Gaya Berbusana Perempuan Kota Jambi Tahun 1900 – 1970

This research is about the history of women's fashion style in Jambi in the 1900s - 1970s. Aims to add to the repertoire of writing about the history of gender and historical fashion in Jambi. This study describes how women's fashion style travels in Jambi City, as well as the influence of the entry of modernity and the impact it has on women's clothing styles in Jambi City. This research uses the historical method which has 4 stages, namely heuristics, source criticism, interpretation, and historiography. Kebaya clothing is a clothing that is often used in the daily life of women in the city of Jambi. But along with the times and culture, it began to shift with the presence of clothing from western countries such as dresses, mini skirts and midi skirts that showed the feminine side and also became a trend, especially for urban teenagers. The 1970s was a decade that was quite influential in the fashion sector in Indonesia, because this yearfashion designers began to appear and in Indonesia experienced freedom in dressing. For Jambi, this year is the year Jambi City women started wearing pants as their daily clothing. However, it does not make the existence of the kebaya and clothes brackets disappear.

Faktor-faktor Penyebab Pendeta Perempuan Menjadi Korban KDRT di Kota Kupang Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Timur: Dari Perpespektif Gereja Masehi Injili di Timor

This study aims to determine the extent of the factors that cause female pastors to become victims of domestic violence and to what extent the Evangelical Christian Church in Timor has handled domestic violence experienced by female pastor, which can be used as a study and learning material in preventing and overcoming. Violence against female pastors. The method used in this research is qualitative research methods. The qualitative research approach was chosen because it emphasizes on phenomena/facts, the meaning of reasoning, certain situations (in certain contexts), or more research on matters related to the daily lives of women who are victims of domestic violence. From the results of the study, it was found that the factors causing domestic violence were due to jealousy from the husbands, as well as economic pressures. Causative factors also occur due to husbands who on average are drunkards and like to gamble, husbands who have less education than their wives, husbands who are hypersexual, husbands who experience psychological disorders, and also because wives are too busy with their service duties so that their husbands are feeling abandoned. The GMIT effort in this case carried out by UPP Pastoral as an extension of the MSH GMIT is considered not yet carrying out its mentoring function effectively to pastors who are victims of domestic violence. The victims felt that the services provided were still limited to providing advice without conducting any deepening of the problems experienced by the victims. For this reason, the functions of pastoral bodies in all spheres need to be optimized in a planned manner as a form of psychosocial support to prevent and break the chain of domestic violence. The research results also show that the church does not yet have a procedure or SOP that allows the recovery process for the victims to be carried out in a planned and systematic manner. The victims are also increasingly stressed because in addition to losing their income due to being withdrawn from their ministry as pastors, they also get negative stigma from their fellow pastors and congregations.

Inhalation and ingestion of Synthetic musks in pregnant women: In silico spontaneous abortion risk evaluation and control

Synthetic musks (SMs) are odor additives commonly used in the personal care products. Their wide existence in the environment and the recently reported adverse impact on the production and activity of progesterone and estrogen have raised pregnancy red flags and even lead to a pregnancy loss. Apart from the suggestion of limiting SM contact and exposure, effective abortion risk control measures for SMs remain to be blank. Facing the above challenges, this study tried to establish a new theoretical circumvention strategy to reduce the abortion risk of SMs to pregnant women by designing the supplementary diet plan and environmentally friendly SMs derivatives using molecular docking and three-dimensional quantitative structure–activity relationship (3D-QSAR) models. According to the supplementary diet plan, the diet combination of vitamin E, vitamin B2, niacin, vitamin A, and vitamin B6 were confirmed to not only provide essential nutrients for human health, but also reduce the abortion risk in pregnant women in daily life. The multi-activity (binding ability of SMs with progesterone-estrogen) 3D-QSAR model was constructed to screen SMs derivatives. The LibDock score, a parameter reflecting the binding ability between SMs’ Derivative-24 with progesterone-estrogen, decreased as much as 137.67% compared with its precursor galaxolide (HHCB). The 3D-QSAR models assisted screening indicated that Derivative-24 had lower environmental impacts (i.e., bioconcentration and mobility) and improved functional properties (odor stability, musky scent, and odor intensity). The integration of the optimum candidate, Derivative-24, with optimum three supplementary diet plans exhibited a much lower abortion risk than HHCB, demonstrating the effectiveness of the proposed theoretical circumvention strategy as a comprehensive abortion risk control measure. It also shed light on the design of new pharmaceutical and personal care products using advanced computing tools.

Minority stress and alcohol use in sexual minority women's daily lives.

Sexual minority women (i.e., women who identify as lesbian, bisexual, or other non-heterosexual orientations) report more hazardous drinking compared to heterosexual women. Sexual minority stress (SMS), or experiences related to sexual orientation-based discrimination and marginalization, have been implicated as contributing to these disparities. The association between sexual minority stress and alcohol use has been supported in cross-sectional, and to a limited extent, longitudinal studies. Few studies, however, have examined associations between SMS and alcohol use in sexual minority women's daily lives. Young sexual minority women (age 18-35; N = 321) were recruited to participate in a 14-day daily diary study in which they reported each morning on their SMS and alcohol use (drinking or not; drinking quantity; alcohol consequences) from the previous day. SMS was operationalized in four ways (global negative SMS experiences, specific SMS events, concealment of identity, discrimination). Results from concurrent multilevel models revealed that on days when sexual minority women experienced more global negative SMS, any specific SMS event, or discrimination, they were more likely to drink. Further, prospective models indicated that participants drank more and were more likely to report binge drinking on the day after they experienced at least one SMS event. These findings extend prior research by demonstrating that the association between SMS and alcohol use extends to the daily level of analysis among sexual minority women. Understanding the connection between SMS and alcohol use among sexual minority women is imperative to developing culturally tailored interventions to improve the health and well-being of this at-risk group. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

Psychobiological Mechanisms in Somatic Symptom Disorder and Depressive Disorders: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Approach.

Persistent somatic symptoms cause strong impairment in persons with somatic symptom disorder (SSD) and depressive disorders (DDs). Specific negative psychological factors (NPFs), such as catastrophizing, negative affectivity, and behavioral avoidance, are assumed to contribute to this impairment and may maintain symptoms via dysregulations of biological stress systems. We examined the associations between NPF and somatic symptoms in the daily life of women with SSD or DD and investigated the mediating role of psychobiological stress responses. Twenty-nine women with SSD and 29 women with DD participated in an ecological momentary assessment study. For 14 days, intensity of and impairment by somatic symptoms, NPF, and stress-related biological measures (cortisol, alpha-amylase) were assessed five times per day using an electronic device and saliva samples. Multilevel models were conducted. The greater the number of NPF, the higher the concurrent and time-lagged intensity of and impairment by somatic symptoms in both groups (12.0%-38.6% of variance explained; χ2(12) p < .001 for all models). NPFs were associated with higher cortisol levels in women with DD and with lower levels in women with SSD (interaction NPF by group: B = -0.04, p = .042 for concurrent; B = -0.06, p = .019 for time-lagged). In women with SSD, lower cortisol levels were associated with higher intensity at the next measurement time point (group by cortisol: B = -1.71, p = .020). No mediation effects were found. NPFs may be considered as transdiagnostic factors in the development and treatment of impairing somatic symptoms. Our findings will allow the development of new treatment strategies that use ecological momentary intervention approaches focusing on NPF.

Some Views On The History Of Daily Life Of Women In The Villages Of The Ferghana Valley (1946-1991)

In this article has been analyzed of some views on the history of daily life of women in the villages of the Ferghana valley in 1946-1991 by the helping historical sources, archive materials and literatures as well. It shown that over the years of Soviet rule, the living conditions of women in Uzbekistan, especially in the villages of the Ferghana Valley, depended on family income (monthly wages). Involvement of women in social labor was considered an important issue not only in terms of production but also in terms of politics.

Gender violence in the rural area of Alhama de Granada (2015-2020)

Various studies on gender violence emphasize the greater rootedness of patriarchal culture in rural society compared to other types of societies. This rural society is characterized by its greater masculinization and tradition, which makes it difficult to perceive and recognize macho behaviour. The violence which is the subject of this study represents a scourge which is suffered by a large sector of the female population, leaving serious economic, social, psychological and family consequences which are profound and painful, and which it is very difficult to overcome on many occasions. During the time that the author who signs this document stayed in the district of Alhama de Granada as a social worker, it became clear that there were few resources available to combat gender violence and to educate the population in this rural area. The daily life of women, and especially those who suffer from male violence in particular, is conditioned and limited by the situation of isolation, the deficit of social services, social control and pressure, stigmatisation and the family structure (close and/or extended).

O artesanato doméstico no cotidiano da mulher

Este artigo foi produzido com a finalidade, de se compreender, em um contexto histórico e atual, a participação da mulher na manutenção de atividades artesanais têxteis. Para tal, esta pesquisa se caracteriza como de abordagem qualitativa, do tipo descritivo-exploratório, pautando-se em dados bibliográficos. O marco teórico da pesquisa é constituído de autores que estabelecem suas discussões ao redor da categoria trabalho e que apresentam a dualidade existente na inserção do contingente feminino nesse campo. Ademais, utiliza-se de autores que analisam a produção artesanal doméstica no cotidiano da mulher em uma perspectiva social e econômica e auxiliam na compreensão do contexto histórico relativo ao trabalho feminino, essencialmente com o artesanato, apontando as possibilidades de potencialização de seus trabalhos por meio da inserção de artesãs em entidades de economia solidária. Em relação aos principais resultados, destaca-se que as mulheres sempre trabalharam e que o artesanato está presente em seu cotidiano por muito tempo, seja por se tratar de uma atribuição que lhe fora designada – através de uma construção social que atribuí à mulher uma função reprodutiva e de manutenção do espaço doméstico – ou por se tratar de uma opção para adquirir renda. O trabalho artesanal realizado por mulheres em seus domicílios faz com que estas enfrentem situações dificultosas através da articulação do trabalho remunerado e da manutenção do espaço doméstico, sendo a inserção de artesãs em entidades de economia solidária, entendida como uma forma que pode auxiliar o trabalho dessas mulheres.

Rebirth in a COVID hospital: a point of view.

Since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic, governments have taken actions to limit the transmission of the virus such as lockdown measures and reorganization of the local Health System. Quarantine measures have influenced pregnant women's daily lives. The aim of this study was to understand the impact of the changes imposed by COVID-19 emergency on the well-being of pregnant women and how the transformation of Schiavonia Hospital into a dedicated COVID hospital affected their pregnancy experience. A cross-sectional survey was conducted. Pregnant women who gave birth in Schiavonia Hospital during the period May-September 2020 have been included. The assessment examined clinical characteristics, attitudes in relation to the pandemic and how it affected birth plans, perception of information received, and attitudes regards giving birth in a COVID hospital. One hundred four women responded to the survey, with an enrolment rate of 58%. About the influence of COVID-19 pandemic, 51% of respondents reported changing some aspect of their lifestyle. The identification of Schiavonia Hospital as COVID hospital did not modify the trust in the facility and in the obstetrics ward for the 90% of women, in fact for the 85.6% it was the planned Birth Center since the beginning of pregnancy. The communication was complete and exhaustive for 82.7% of the respondents. Despite the COVID hospital transformation, the women who came to give birth at Schiavonia Birth Center rated the healthcare assistance received at high level, evidencing high affection for the structure and the healthcare workers.

Источниковедческий потенциал фондов родильных домов и отделений в дореволюционной России. Вторая половина XVIII – начало ХХ века

The study is devoted to the analysis of archival materials of maternity hospitals and departments in Russia in the second half of the 18th – early 20th century stored in the Department for the storage of documents until 1917 of the Central State Archive of Moscow, in the Central State Historical Archive of St. Petersburg, in the State Archive of the Yaroslavl Region, and in the State Archive of the Smolensk Region. The voluminous files of maternity wards have meager viewing lists and are rarely engaged in historical research. However, introduction into scientific use of documents from maternity wards and medical reports is important for research on social and demographic history and that of childbirth, as well as for the history of everyday life, women's and gender history. Hence springs the purpose of this study, which is to identify the source potential of the fonds of maternity hospitals and departments in pre-revolutionary Russia and information capabilities of medical reports, journals, and maternity cards. The authors have established that materials found in these fonds can be divided into several categories: acceptance cards of women in labor, clinical cards of obstetrics, patient histories. The documents recreate the picture of the development of clinical obstetrics, the daily life of women in labor in the clinic, the interaction of doctors and patients. These materials can be a valuable source for studying the representation of body culture, reproductive behavior, hygiene, sexual socialization. The analysis of archival documents concludes that while in the first decades of their existence, maternity wards ministered to the poor strata of the population in birth of illegitimate children, in the 1910s they catered women from wealthy families. An important result of the comprehensive study of archival material is the discovery of information capabilities of the fonds of pre-revolutionary maternity wards in the central and regional archives of Russia. Pregnancy cards contain extensive history, including data on the first sexual intercourse, beginning of menses, number of pregnancies, age at the time of first pregnancy, thus providing important information on the history of sexual socialization, female physicality, and reproductive culture. A meaningful analysis of these materials allows the conclusion that maternity ward journals, patient histories, midwives' reports contribute to the study of social, everyday, and gender history; and provide new information for studying the history of corporeality, childbirth, sexuality.

Progress in rehabilitation treatment of stress urinary incontinence in middle-aged and elderly women

Stress urinary incontinence is very common in middle-aged and elderly women, but due to the symptoms of unmentionable, leading to the majority of women ashamed to seek medical treatment or can not cause high attention, and then when the disease worsens, seriously affect the quality of life of women, to women's daily life brings a lot of inconvenience. In this paper, by referring to a large number of literature, the current rehabilitation treatment methods for stress urinary incontinence of middle-aged and elderly women are summarized.

Reunión de mujeres, reunión de virtudes. La sala del estrado del Palacio Guevara y su programa iconográfico

El presente trabajo pretende llevar a cabo un estudio del programa iconográfico realizado por el pintor lorquino Pedro Camacho Felizes de Alisén para la casa-palacio de los Guevara, situado en la ciudad de Lorca, para su sala del estrado; una veintena de lienzos de temática devocional, virtuosa y eminentemente femenina para un lugar de la vivienda reservado a la vida de las mujeres, cuyo análisis puede arrojar luz a la hora de comprender cómo era la educación de las nobles doncellas y lasvirtudes que debían encarnar en los albores del siglo XVIII en España. The present work tries to carry out a study of the iconographical program depicted by Pedro Camacho Felizes de Alisén in the Guevara's palace, located in the city of Lorca, for its 'sala del estrado'; the analysis of twenty devotional, virtuous and with eminently feminine themes canvases, placed in a room reserved for women's daily lives, can shed light on the understanding of noble maiden’s education and the virtues that they were to incarnate at the dawn of the eighteenth century in Spain.

O câncer do colo uterino e o impacto psicossocial da radioterapia pélvica: revisão integrativa

Objetivo: Analisar as publicações a respeito do impacto psicossocial da radioterapia pélvica como modalidade de tratamento para o com câncer do colo uterino. Métodos: Revisão integrativa da literatura realizada nas bases de dados LILACS, Web of Science, MEDLINE/PubMed, CINAHL e Scopus através do cruzamento dos descritores: Neoplasias do Colo Uterino, radioterapia, impacto psicossocial, psico-oncologia, psicologia e seus respectivos sinônimos interligados pelo Operador Booleano AND, com recorte temporal dos últimos cinco anos. Resultados: Após a análise e síntese dos dados encontrados emergiram três categorias de significados: Qualidade de vida pós-radioterapia para o câncer de colo uterino; Disfunção sexual relacionada a radioterapia pélvica feminina e O Impacto do linfedema de membros inferiores no cotidiano da mulher. Considerações finais: O estudo demonstrou que o câncer de colo uterino afeta negativamente a qualidade de vida das mulheres, tanto no aspecto físico quanto emocional, na qual a disfunção sexual e o linfedema parecem estar atrelados.

Physical and Psychological Symptoms Associated With Premenstrual Syndrome and Their Impact on the Daily Routine of Women in a Low Socioeconomic Status Locality.

IntroductionThe constellation of the physical and psychological symptoms that appear several days before menstrual period is regarded as the premenstrual syndrome (PMS). The current study evaluated the symptoms associated with PMS and their impact on the day-to-day activities of women.MethodologyAn observational cross-sectional study was conducted at a squatter settlement in Karachi, Pakistan, from January 2019 to February 2020. Amenorrheic, pregnant women, and women who were on birth control at the time of data collection were excluded from the study. The demographics, symptoms of PMS experienced by the participants, and the impact of PMS symptoms on the daily lives of women were recorded. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences v.25 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY) was used for data analysis. ResultsThe mean age ± standard deviation of 23.93 years ± 9.41 years was recorded. As many as 213 (63%) women reported dysmenorrhea, followed by fatigue in 108 (32%), bloating in 64 (18.9%), and back pain in 45 (13.3%) women. Irritability and anxiety were experienced by 134 (39.6%) and 117 (34.6%) women, respectively. When asked about their attitude and perception towards menstruation, more than four-fifth respondents confessed that they feel impure when they are experiencing their monthly period. About 38 women (11.2%) believed that menstruation is God’s way of punishing the womankind. For the question, “Do you feel that your normal routine is significantly disturbed during your period?”, 40% responded in affirmation.ConclusionThe findings of the current study reflected a generally negative attitude towards menstruation, which significantly affected the routine lives of women in our setting. The study further concluded that dysmenorrhea, fatigue, irritability, and anxiety were the most common symptoms of PMS experienced by women.

Prevalence and impact of bladder and bowel disorders in women with breast cancer: A systematic review with meta-analysis.

One of the consequences of breast cancer treatments may be the onset of new, or aggravation of preexisting bladder and bowel disorders. However, the presence and impact of these disorders in women with breast cancer are poorly documented. The aim of this systematic review was to assess the prevalence, incidence and impact of bladder and bowel disorders in women undergoing breast cancer treatment. A systematic search of six databases was conducted. Pooled prevalence rates and impact of bladder and bowel disorders were calculated using random-effects models. A total of 32 studies met the inclusion criteria, and 17 studies were included in the meta-analyses. The pooled estimate of women who experienced bladder disorders following sensitivity analysis, which removed one study reporting a result that deviated from the pooled estimate, was 38% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 32%-44%; I2 = 98%; n = 4584). The impact of bladder and bowel disorders on women's daily lives was relatively low (bladder [scale: 0-4]: mean: 0.8; 95% CI: 0.4-1.1; I2 = 99%; n = 4908; bowel [scale: 0-100]: mean 14.2; 95% CI: 9.4-19; I2 = 95%; n = 1024). This is the first study to comprehensively document the magnitude of bladder and bowel disorders in the breast cancer population. This meta-analysis found that women with breast cancer had a higher prevalence of urinary incontinence (38%) compared to women without breast cancer (21%). Given the extent and impact of our findings, screening and management of bladder and bowel disorders may be indicated in women with breast cancer to improve their health-related quality of life.

IMPLICAÇÕES DO VAGINISMO NO COTIDIANO DAS MULHERES

A taxa de incidência do transtorno da dor sexual feminina/vaginismo varia de 11,7% a 42% entre mulheres que apresentam disfunção sexual. Objetivo: descrever implicações do vaginismo no cotidiano das mulheres. Metodologia: estudo de campo, descritivo, transversal e quantitativo, realizado no Grupo de Apoio às Mulheres com Vaginismo, no período de dezembro de 2016 a março de 2017, composto por 51 mulheres diagnosticadas com vaginismo primário. Foram enviados questionários para serem autoaplicados, contendo aspectos biopsicossociais e da função sexual. Resultados: as participantes (n = 51) eram predominantemente da faixa etária de 29 a 39 anos (51%), evangélicas (29%) e de religião não específica (29%), nível superior completo (35%), casadas/em união estável (55%). A maioria associou o vaginismo à educação rígida. Em relação à abordagem profissional, 68% estavam sendo acompanhadas por ginecologistas, 57% por fisioterapeutas pélvicos, 35% estavam em fase de diagnóstico e 37% em tratamento. O intervalo entre as primeiras queixas e o diagnóstico foi de até um ano (45%). A maioria (53%) encontrava-se também insatisfeita com o intervalo entre tratamento e cura. O vaginismo foi associado à baixa autoestima em 47%, e 70% relataram o incentivo do parceiro ao tratamento. A média do total de escore do Female Sexual Function Index foi de 21 (± 8). Conclusão: as mulheres deste estudo apresentaram baixa função sexual, referiram que o vaginismo afeta sua autoestima e relacionaram a disfunção à educação rígida. Também foi identificada a necessidade de uma abordagem profissional mais efetiva, para reduzir o tempo entre as primeiras queixas e a cura.

Femtech Fatale: Access to Femtech in Public Health Insurance Systems

Abstract From a smartphone ping signifying the start of a fertile window to controlling a breast pump with a few clicks in a mobile app, “femtech” has readily integrated into women's daily lives. Femtech, a term coined to describe the realm of technology catering to female health needs, encompasses a range of digital technology addressing women's health, including fertility tracking, pregnancy and nursing counseling, and online contraception provision. While femtech puts autonomy and information in the hands of its users, access to the technology is not yet equitably distributed. As insurance reimbursement can increase and equitize that access, this research examines what legal duties exist for increasing access to femtech. In analyzing how insurance schemes have integrated femtech, this research compares how select femtech products fare across reimbursement systems, using fertility algorithm, smart breast pump, and pelvic floor trainer case studies in the U.S, U.K, and Sweden. Insights reveal a duty to promote access to femtech, as well as varying degrees of integration in respective health systems. Insights also reveal which elements of the female life course are overlooked in reimbursement schemes. Key messages Femtech has the power to put agency and information in the hands of millions of women. Yet, access is not equitable given significant financial and regulatory barriers. Comparative studies of fertility algorithms, smart breast pumps, and pelvic floor trainers in international health systems demand increased advocacy to realize the duty to enable femtech access.

The 4 U's Rule of Fibromyalgia: A Proposed Model for Fatigue in a Sample of Women with Fibromyalgia: A Qualitative Study.

Although fatigue usually goes unnoticed, it is a symptom that poses great challenges to patients with fibromyalgia and is a strong limitation. The aim of this study is to identify and describe the variables involved in fatigue in nine different situations of the Goal Pursuit Questionnaire (GPQ) that may occur in the daily lives of women with fibromyalgia, according to an ABC (Antecedents–Behaviors–Consequences) model. This study followed a qualitative descriptive research method and a deductive–inductive hybrid approach based on a phenomenological paradigm. Twenty-six women with fibromyalgia participated in focus group discussions between February and March of 2018. Thematic content analysis was carried out from transcribed verbatim interviews. We identified nine major themes that emerged from the participants’ conversations: self-imposed duties, muscle fatigue, overwhelming feeling of tiredness, difficulty thinking, difficulty concentrating, negative emotions, lifestyle changes, affected everyday activities, and lack of motivation for daily activities and social interactions. We conclude that the ABC model allowed certain elements to emerge regarding the fatigue experience, highlighting its importance as a symptom in fibromyalgia. This additional analysis of the ABC model showed that fatigue can be described through the 4 U’s Rule, which is integrated by these four adjectives: (1) Unpredictable, (2) Uncontrollable, (3) Unseen, and (4) Unintelligible. Identifying these characteristics can contribute to a better understanding of fibromyalgia in addition to better treatment for these patients.