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Primary and Secondary Fibromyalgia Are The Same: The Universality of Polysymptomatic Distress

Dokumenttyp:
Article
Autor(en):
Wolfe, Frederick; Walitt, Brian; Rasker, Johannes J.; Haeuser, Winfried
Abstract:
Objective. Polysymptomatic distress (PSD) is the underlying metric of fibromyalgia (FM), and levels of PSD can identify criteria-positive FM with > 90% accuracy. We used levels of the PSD scale to test whether symptom levels in primary FM (PFM) and secondary FM (SFM) were the same and whether symptoms were equivalent in persons not meeting FM criteria. Methods. We studied 1525 patients with a clinical diagnosis of FM and 12,037 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We used regression model...     »
Zeitschriftentitel:
J Rheumatol
Jahr:
2019
Band / Volume:
46
Heft / Issue:
2
Seitenangaben Beitrag:
204-212
Volltext / DOI:
doi:10.3899/jrheum.180083
PubMed:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30008459
Print-ISSN:
0315-162X
TUM Einrichtung:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
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