SynthesisRheumatology (Oxford, England)2018
Concomitant fibromyalgia complicating chronic inflammatory arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Synthesis in Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03740347 (Chronic Non-inflammatory Pains in Rheumatopediatrics), which is not on this map. Cited by 98 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Chronic Non-inflammatory Pains in Rheumatopediatrics
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98 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 150 citations in OpenAlex.
- The 2026 British Society for Rheumatology guideline for pain management in people with inflammatory arthritis.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2026Guideline
- The prevalence of fibromyalgia in axial spondyloarthritis.Rheumatology international · 2020Pooled it
- Systematic review of mental health comorbidities in psoriatic arthritis.Clinical rheumatology · 2020Pooled it
- Effects ofFrontiers in pharmacology · 2026Trial
- Observational
- Effect of JAK Inhibitors on Fatigue and Sleep Quality in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Advances in therapy · 2026Article
- Why Fibromyalgia Criteria Keep Changing: A Systematic Review of Misclassification, Measurement, and Diagnostic Spillover.Archives of rheumatology · 2026Article
- Central sensitization in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis is associated with symptom burden than inflammatory activity: a cross-sectional study.Rheumatology international · 2026Article
- Axial spondyloarthritis patients with comorbid fibromyalgia feel worse, work less and more often try multiple biological therapies: results from a population-based, cross-sectional study investigating the discriminative capacity of pressure algometry.Rheumatology international · 2026Article
- Fibromyalgia as a Confounder of Disease Activity Assessment in Inflammatory Arthritis.Archives of rheumatology · 2026Article
- Unravelling Fibromyalgia in Psoriatic Arthritis.Rheumatology and therapy · 2026Review
- Inflammation response criteria for rheumatoid arthritis based on the two-component disease activity score.RMD open · 2026Article
- Inflammation and pain as interconnected targets in axial spondyloarthritis.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2026Review
- Assessment of the Concomitance of Fibromyalgia in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis.Archives of rheumatology · 2026Article
- Central Sensitization and Nociplastic Pain: Shared Mechanisms in Fibromyalgia, Osteoarthritis, and Inflammatory Arthritis.Journal of pain research · 2026Review
- Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy as a Therapeutic Option for Patients with Fibromyalgia.Current rheumatology reviews · 2026Review
- Towards an individualised approach to pain management in inflammatory arthritis.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2026Review
- Assessment of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome using the BASDAI questionnaire: correlation with symptoms and potential clinical utility in a single-center study.Clinical rheumatology · 2026Article
- Mapping emotional function in fibromyalgia: integrating alexithymia, pain catastrophizing, and self-compassion.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2026Article
38 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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4 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Objectives: This systematic review and meta-analysis will describe the prevalence of concomitant FM in adults with inflammatory arthritis and quantify the impact of FM on DAS. Methods: Cochrane library, MEDLINE, Psychinfo, PubMed, Scopus and Web of Science were searched using key terms and predefined exclusion criteria. As appropriate, proportional and pairwise meta-analysis methods were used to pool results. Results: Forty articles were identified. In RA the prevalence of FM ranged from 4.9 to 52.4% (21% pooled). In axSpA the range was 4.11-25.2% (13% pooled in AS only). In PsA the range was 9.6-27.2% (18% pooled). The presence of concomitant FM was related to higher DAS in patients with RA and AS (DAS28 mean difference 1.24, 95% CI: 1.10, 1.37 in RA; BASDAI mean difference 2.22, 95% CI: 1.86, 2.58 in AS). Concomitant FM was also associated with higher DAS in existing PsA studies. Self-reported, rather than objective, components of DAS appear to be raised in the presence of FM (e.g. tender joint count and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) pain scores). Conclusion: FM is common in RA, AxSpA and PsA. Comorbid FM appears to amplify DAS and could therefore influence management of these rheumatic conditions.
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