Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
Looking at fibromyalgia differently – An observational study of the meaning and consequences of fibromyalgia as a dimensional disorder
Authors' conclusion
Fibromyalgia is more accurately considered a dimensional than a dichotomous disorder.
Study context
- Population
- Databank of rheumatic disease patients
- Participants
- 33,972 participants
- Exposure
- FM- vs FM+; Polysymptomatic distress (PSD) severity groups
- Outcome
- Clinical and demographic variables across PSD scale score groups; overlap between FM- (PSD 8-11) and FM+ (PSD 12-18)
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Correlation of somatic symptom scores with PSD (r)
0.718
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
Looking at fibromyalgia differently – An observational study of the meaning and consequences of fibromyalgia as a dimensional disorder. Semin Arthritis Rheum. Published 1 December 2022. doi:10.
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