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Factors affecting the quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia
Rheumatism, 07/31/09

Cetin N et al. – In patients with fibromyalgia, all the pain measurements were significantly correlated with each other. The quality of life score was also significantly related to each of the pain parameters.

Methods

Study was undertaken to better understand the factors that may impact the quality of life of pts with fibromyalgia
Study carried out in the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic
35 women with fibromyalgia and 20 healthy women with no current or past medical history as controls
Subjects evaluated:
- With digital palpation to test tender points
- By algometric measurements to test pressure pain threshold
- Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) scores to test pain severity, and
- Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) to test quality of life

Results

Two groups were similar with respect to mean age, body mass index and education status
Algometric pressure pain thresholds of tender point sites were lower in pts with fibromyalgia vs healthy controls
This patient group showed a linear relations between the number of tender points, duration of pain, SF-MPQ scores, and FIQ
A linear relations between duration of pain and SF-MPQ scores and the total number of tender points was also seen

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