ArticleJournal of pain research2016
Identifying the symptom and functional domains in patients with fibromyalgia: results of a cross-sectional Internet-based survey in Italy.
Article in Journal of pain research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03347669 (A Pilot Study of Small Fiber Neuropathy Prevalence in Fibromyalgia Patients Compared to Healthy Subjects Using Sudoscan®), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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A Pilot Study of Small Fiber Neuropathy Prevalence in Fibromyalgia Patients Compared to Healthy Subjects Using Sudoscan®
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 33 citations in OpenAlex.
- Cluster analysis in fibromyalgia: a systematic review.Rheumatology international · 2024Pooled it
- Trajectory of Change in the Severity of Symptoms in Patients with Fibromyalgia over 24 Months: Exploratory Analyses of a Combination Pharmacological Intervention.Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Article
- Body reprogramming for fibromyalgia and central sensitivity syndrome: A preliminary evaluation.SAGE open medicine · 2023Article
- Validity of the Central Sensitization Inventory compared with traditional measures of disease severity in fibromyalgia.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2022Article
- Pain Changes Induced by Acupuncture in Single Body Areas in Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Results from an Open-Label Pragmatic Study.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2021Article
- The Reliability and Agreement of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire in an Italian Sample of Obese Patients.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Subgrouping a Large U.S. Sample of Patients with Fibromyalgia Using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire-Revised.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Suicidal Ideation Profiles in Patients with Fibromyalgia Using Transdiagnostic Psychological and Fibromyalgia-Associated Variables.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The Co-Morbidity between Bipolar and Panic Disorder in Fibromyalgia Syndrome.Journal of clinical medicine · 2020Article
- Somatic symptom presentations in women with fibromyalgia are differentially associated with elevated depression and anxiety.Journal of health psychology · 2020Article
- Force-time curve features of handgrip strength in fibromyalgia syndrome.Scientific reports · 2020Article
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- Acupuncture for Fibromyalgia: An Open-Label Pragmatic Study on Effects on Disease Severity, Neuropathic Pain Features, and Pain Catastrophizing.Evidence-based complementary and alternative medicine : eCAM · 2020Article
- Fibromyalgia in the workplace: risk factors for sick leave are related to professional context rather than fibromyalgia characteristics- a French national survey of 955 patients.BMC rheumatology · 2019Article
- Characterizing classes of fibromyalgia within the continuum of central sensitization syndrome.Journal of pain research · 2018Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aims of this cross-sectional study were to investigate the usefulness of using an Internet survey of patients with fibromyalgia in order to obtain information concerning symptoms and functionality and identify clusters of clinical features that can distinguish patient subsets.
methodsAn Internet website has been used to collect data. Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Revised version, self-administered Fibromyalgia Activity Score, and Self-Administered Pain Scale were used as questionnaires. Hierarchical agglomerative clustering was applied to the data obtained in order to identify symptoms and functional-based subgroups.
resultsThree hundred and fifty-three patients completed the study (85.3% women). The highest scored items were those related to sleep quality, fatigue/energy, pain, stiffness, degree of tenderness, balance problems, and environmental sensitivity. A high proportion of patients reported pain in the neck (81.4%), upper back (70.1%), and lower back (83.2%). A three-cluster solution best fitted the data. The variables were significantly different (P<0.0001) among the three clusters: cluster 1 (117 patients) reflected the lowest average scores across all symptoms, cluster 3 (116 patients) the highest scores, and cluster 2 (120 patients) captured moderate symptom levels, with low depression and anxiety.
conclusionThree subgroups of fibromyalgia samples in a large cohort of patients have been identified by using an Internet survey. This approach could provide rationale to support the study of individualized clinical evaluation and may be used to identify optimal treatment strategies.
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