Fibrositis: symptom frequency and criteria for diagnosis. An evaluation of 291 rheumatic disease patients and 58 normal individuals

We administered a 17-item symptom questionnaire modified from Campbell to 155 patients with fibrositis diagnosed at 3 centers, each using different criteria sets. A high degree of agreement in symptom proportions was found among centers. "Fibrositic" symptoms were also common in 136 patien...

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Published inJournal of rheumatology Vol. 12; no. 6; p. 1159
Main Authors Wolfe, F, Hawley, D J, Cathey, M A, Caro, X, Russell, I J
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canada 01.12.1985
Subjects
Back Pain - complications
Circadian Rhythm
Female
Fibromyalgia - complications
Fibromyalgia - diagnosis
Fibromyalgia - physiopathology
Humans
Joints - physiopathology
Male
Middle Aged
Muscles - physiopathology
Pain
Reference Values
Rheumatic Diseases - physiopathology
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Summary:We administered a 17-item symptom questionnaire modified from Campbell to 155 patients with fibrositis diagnosed at 3 centers, each using different criteria sets. A high degree of agreement in symptom proportions was found among centers. "Fibrositic" symptoms were also common in 136 patients with a variety of rheumatic diseases but not in the 58 normal individuals studied. Symptoms distinguished fibrositis patients from normals easily, but had insufficient specificity to distinguish them from other rheumatic disease patients. The tender point count better separated fibrositic and nonfibrositic patients than historical criteria. No combination of questions and tender point count performed better than the tender point count alone.
ISSN:0315-162X