ArticlePain research and treatment2012
A comprehensive evaluation of standardized assessment tools in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia and in the assessment of fibromyalgia severity.
Article in Pain research and treatment, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02474875 (Explain Pain in Fibromyalgia Patients), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Explain Pain in Fibromyalgia Patients
Who cites it
26 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of Pharmacologic and Nonpharmacologic Interventions for the Management of Sleep Problems in People With Fibromyalgia: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.Arthritis care & research · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the management of sleep problems in people with fibromyalgia: a multi-methods evidence synthesis.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2025Pooled it
- Flexibility exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Mixed exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Whole body vibration exercise training for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Aerobic exercise training for adults with fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2017Pooled it
- Aquatic exercise training for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2014Pooled it
- Resistance exercise training for fibromyalgia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2013Pooled it
- Multi-disciplinary community-based group intervention for fibromyalgia: a pilot randomized controlled trial.Rheumatology international · 2023Trial
- Reliability and Construct Validity of the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System (PROMIS) Instruments in Women with Fibromyalgia.Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2017Trial
- Cost-utility and biological underpinnings of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) versus a psychoeducational programme (FibroQoL) for fibromyalgia: a 12-month randomised controlled trial (EUDAIMON study).BMC complementary and alternative medicine · 2016Trial
- Effects of Transcutaneous Electrical Acustimulation on Patients with Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Study Protocol of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2025Article
- Qualitative and psychometric evaluation of the PROMIS®-Fatigue SF-7a scale to assess fatigue in patients with moderately to severely active inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2023Article
- Whole-Body Photobiomodulation Therapy for Fibromyalgia: A Feasibility Trial.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Online ACT intervention for fibromyalgia: An exploratory study of feasibility and preliminary effectiveness with smartphone-delivered experiential sampling assessment.Internet interventions · 2022Article
- Prognostic factors for work disability in patients with chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia: protocol for a cohort study.BMJ open · 2021Article
- [Effectiveness of pain neuroscience education in patients with fibromyalgia: Structured group intervention in Primary Care].Atencion primaria · 2021Article
- Effects of Wearable Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation on Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of pain research · 2021Article
- Clinical significance of anti-dense fine speckled 70 antibody in patients with fibromyalgia.The Korean journal of internal medicine · 2019Article
- Concurrent validation of a pressure pain threshold scale for individuals with myofascial pain syndrome and fibromyalgia.The Journal of manual & manipulative therapy · 2018Article
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Abstract
Standard assessments for fibromyalgia (FM) diagnosis and core FM symptom domains are needed for biomarker development and treatment trials. Diagnostic and symptom assessments are reviewed and recommendations are made for standards. Recommendations for existing assessments include the American College of Rheumatology FM classification criteria using the manual tender point Survey for diagnosis, the brief pain inventory average pain visual analogue scale for pain intensity, the function subscale of the revised fibromyalgia impact questionnaire (FIQR) for physical function, the patient global impression of change and FIQR for overall/global improvement, the hospital anxiety and depression scale depression subscale for depression, the multiple ability self-report questionnaire for cognitive dysfunction, the fatigue severity scale for fatigue, the FIQR for multidimensional function/health-related quality of life, the jenkins sleep scale for sleep disturbance, and the fibromyalgia intensity score for tenderness. Forthcoming assessments including the FIQR for diagnosis, NIH PROMIS, and FIBRO Change scales are discussed.
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