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As the specific nature of the dysfunctional beliefs is important to <strong>in</strong>form cl<strong>in</strong>ical<br />

treatment <strong>and</strong> to build on the work conducted by Carney <strong>and</strong> Ed<strong>in</strong>ger (2006) <strong>and</strong> Ellis et<br />

al (2007), the differences between the <strong>in</strong>dividual items of the DBAS-10 were explored<br />

to see if some items were better discrim<strong>in</strong>ators between patients with FMS <strong>and</strong> normal<br />

controls. Eight of the 10 DBAS-10 items were significantly higher <strong>in</strong> patients with FMS<br />

<strong>in</strong> comparison to healthy controls (see Table 7, p. 96). The dysfunctional beliefs that<br />

discrim<strong>in</strong>ated between the two groups <strong>in</strong>cluded the consequences of poor sleep scale<br />

items, the rum<strong>in</strong>ation item <strong>and</strong> the need to catch up on poor sleep by napp<strong>in</strong>g. The two<br />

items that were not significantly different between the two groups, <strong>in</strong>cluded two of the<br />

three items that loaded onto the sleep need scale, „I need 8 hours of sleep to feel<br />

refreshed <strong>and</strong> function the next day‟ <strong>and</strong> „When I have trouble gett<strong>in</strong>g to sleep, I should<br />

stay <strong>in</strong> bed <strong>and</strong> try harder‟.<br />

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