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PMS56 FIBROMYALGIA MOLDOFSKY QUESTIONNAIRE (FMQ): VALIDATION OF A TOOL TO AID DIAGNOSIS - Value in Healthdoi:10.1016/S1098-3015(10)66828-3K Le LayH MoldofskyS BoussettaC TaiebElsevier Inc.Value in HealthMoldofsky H, Boussetta S, Roue-Le Lay K. Fibromy- algia Moldofsky Questionnaire (FMQ):...
28 women suffering from chronic pain and fibromyalgia (FM), and 24 healthy women (HC) were assessed for musculoskeletal, neuropathic, and visceral pain by means of the Widespread Pain Index, the Symptom Severity Scale and an ad-hoc devised questionnaire for pain (the Verona Pain Questionnaire)....
FMS and pain patients score high on depression, anxiety, and experience of stress although questionnaire scores on depression are higher in subjects not exhibiting somatic features of the disease. High subjective pain sensitivity and low thresholds for pain perception are also common features in high ...
The diagnosis is based on a history of widespread pain and numerous tender points throughout the body.108 Fibromyalgia is characterized by an aroused and dysregulated central nervous system and is often accompanied by chronic fatigue, sleep disturbances, pain all over the body, and other neural ...
abnormal results. For the aforementioned reasons, most of FM patients are, at least initially, subject to wrong or delayed diagnosis. The existence of a comorbidity with a disease can significantly entangle its course starting from puzzling the diagnosis and ending with worsening the prognosis. FM ...
The distribution of age, sex, and fibromyalgia diagnosis was comparable across studies. Hence, the transitivity assumption was plausible (eTable 2 in the Supplement). Evaluation of Statistical Inconsistency The loop-specific approach did not suggest any inconsistency between closed loops, except in the...
global pain intensity previous 7 days using a numeric rating scale (NRS); HADS, The Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; FIQ, Fibromyalgia impact questionnaire; PDI, Pain Disability Index; EQ5D-VAS, Perceived Health according to European Quality of life (EQ) instrument; NA, Not Applicable. ...
28 women suffering from chronic pain and fibromyalgia (FM), and 24 healthy women (HC) were assessed for musculoskeletal, neuropathic, and visceral pain by means of the Widespread Pain Index, the Symptom Severity Scale and an ad-hoc devised questionnaire for pain (the Verona Pain Questionnaire)....
Over the 18 years since its publication, problems in regard to some aspects of its con- ACR: American College of Rheumatology; ANOVA: analysis of variance; CI: confidence interval; FIQ: Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire; FIQ-OL: an online version of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire; FIQ-P:...