ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2023
Do the instruments used to assess fibromyalgia symptoms according to American College of Rheumatology criteria generate similar scores in other chronic musculoskeletal pain?
Article in BMC musculoskeletal disorders, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Proportion of Myofascial Pain Syndrome Among Patients with Diagnosed or Suspected Fibromyalgia: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of pain research · 2026Article
- Effect of counseling intervention on symptoms, pain acceptance and psychological wellbeing among patients with fibromyalgia.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Can Clinical, Psychological, and Cognitive Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Help to Discriminate Women with Fibromyalgia from Those with Other Localized/Regional Pain Conditions? A Diagnostic Accuracy Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2025Article
- Insights into diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia among Moroccan rheumatologists: a cross sectional online survey.Reumatologia · 2025Article
- A Review of Movement and Functional Impairments in Fibromyalgia: Implications for Targeted Treatment.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- Minimum and Maximum Pattern-Based Self-Organized Feature Engineering: Fibromyalgia Detection Using Electrocardiogram Signals.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Social variables for replication of studies using mean scores of social support, self-care, and fibromyalgia knowledge: a cross-sectional study.Rheumatology international · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAs with fibromyalgia, several musculoskeletal disorders are characterized by chronic pain, raising a clinical question - do the instruments used to assess fibromyalgia symptoms according to ACR criteria (ACR criteria) generate similar scores in other chronic musculoskeletal pain?
objectiveTo compare the symptoms among fibromyalgia and other chronic musculoskeletal pain. Additionally, we also compared the most researched outcomes in fibromyalgia (i.e., present pain at rest and after movement; fatigue; pain severity and impact; function, global impact, and fibromyalgia symptom).
methodsA cross-sectional study. Participants over 18 years old were included if they presented report of chronic musculoskeletal pain (≥ 3 months) and after that, they were divided into two groups (fibromyalgia and chronic pain). They answered the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire-Revised (FIQ-R), Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Numerical Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) for pain and fatigue, WPI, and SSS.
resultsA total of 166 participants were included in this study into two independent groups (chronic pain, n = 83; fibromyalgia, n = 83). We observed significant differences (p < 0.05) and large effect sizes (Cohen's d, ≥ 0.7) in clinical outcomes comparisons between groups (i.e., widespread pain; symptom severity; present pain at rest and after movement; fatigue; pain severity and impact; function, global impact, and fibromyalgia symptoms).
conclusionFibromyalgia patients (2016 ACR criteria) compared to other chronic musculoskeletal pain patients have higher levels of pain (at rest or after movement) and fatigue, greater impairment in both functionality and global impact, and worse symptoms. Therefore, the WPI and SSS instruments should be used exclusively to assess fibromyalgia symptoms.
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