Fibromyalgia & musculoskeletal pain
The hidden burden of fibromyalgia: exploring work impairment and quality of life in caregivers
Authors' conclusion
FM poses substantial burdens on both patients and their informal caregivers, reducing caregivers' work productivity and quality of life.
Study context
- Population
- Informal caregivers of fibromyalgia (FM) patients and cohabiting relatives of healthy controls, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation clinic
- Participants
- 68 vs 68
- Exposure
- Informal caregivers of FM patients vs cohabiting relatives of healthy controls
- FM CAREGIVERSn = 68
- CONTROLSn = 68reference
- Outcome
- Work productivity and activity impairment (WPAI-GH) and quality of life (WHOQoL-BREF) of informal caregivers
Methodological detailshealthy control group
- Healthy control group
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Significant differences in presenteeism, overall work productivity loss and activity impairment between FM caregivers and controls (p<0.05)
- No difference in absenteeism
- Significant reductions across all WHOQoL-BREF domains for FM caregivers vs controls
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Correlation between patients' Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) scores and caregivers' WHOQoL-BREF social relationships domain
- R
- −0.269
- p
- P = 0.026
Original publication
The hidden burden of fibromyalgia: exploring work impairment and quality of life in caregivers. Clin Exp Rheumatol. Published 9 November 2024. doi:10.
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