ArticleThe Journal of rheumatology2022
Correlation of Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire and Quantitative Sensory Testing Among Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis.
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- Brazilian Society of Rheumatology's fibromyalgia treatment guidelines - part I: monitoring and non-pharmacological management.Advances in rheumatology (London, England) · 2026Guideline
- Psychometric properties of patient-reported outcome measures in chronic pain conditions with central sensitization- a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of patient-reported outcomes · 2025Pooled it
- Questionnaires for the Assessment of Central Sensitization in Endometriosis: What Is the Available Evidence? A Systematic Review with a Narrative Synthesis.Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) · 2024Pooled it
- Association Between Discordance of Disease Activity Indices and Quantitative Sensory Testing Measures of Nociplastic Pain in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis.Arthritis care & research · 2026Article
- Sleep Matters: Exploring the Link Between Sleep Disturbances and Fatigue in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Arthritis care & research · 2025Article
- Pain sensitization in fibromyalgia. Cross-sectional associations between quantitative sensory testing of pain sensitization and fibromyalgia disease burden.European journal of pain (London, England) · 2025Article
- Burden of disease, pain catastrophizing, and central sensitization in relation to work-related issues in young spondyloarthritis patients.Reumatologia · 2024Article
- Predicting Disease Activity in Rheumatoid Arthritis With the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire: Does the Severity of Fibromyalgia Symptoms Matter?The Journal of rheumatology · 2023Article
- Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients Receiving Physical Therapy for Low Back Pain with a Nociplastic Pain Presentation: A Secondary Analysis.Pain research & management · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectivePatients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) commonly demonstrate disordered pain processing associated with high pain sensitization. Pain sensitization is often assessed using quantitative sensory testing (QST), which is burdensome to patients. The self-administered Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ) has been proposed as a low-burden, surrogate measure of central pain sensitization. We examined the correlation between FSQ and QST in patients with active RA.
methodsParticipants in the Central Pain in Rheumatoid Arthritis (CPIRA) cohort underwent FSQ and QST evaluation at enrollment. QST measures included pressure pain threshold (PPT) at the thumb, trapezius, wrist, and knee; temporal summation (TS) at the wrist and arm; and conditioned pain modulation (CPM). Partial Spearman correlation between FSQ and each QST measure was assessed, adjusted for demographic factors, study site, disease characteristics, and pain catastrophizing. Sensitivity analyses included (1) stratified analysis by sex and (2) evaluation of how each component of FSQ associates with the QST measures.
resultsAmong 285 participants with active RA, FSQ was weakly but statistically significantly correlated with PPT (
conclusionFSQ and QST were correlated among participants with active RA, but the strength of association was weak. QST and FSQ are not interchangeable measures of pain sensitization.
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