In 2015, I included fibromyalgia patients based on 2011 diagnostic criteria. the project was left for the last four years because of personal issues. now we have 2016 Revised criteria. and there is no way to reach the patients again in order to update the data. Can i proceed in the project now by the same data ( Iam writing the manuscript now) ?
or the data are no longer valid ?
what should I do ??
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Are ACR 2011 fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria still valid ??
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In 2015, I included fibromyalgia patients based on 2011 diagnostic criteria. the project was left for the last four years because of personal issues. now we have 2016 Revised criteria. and there is no way to reach the patients again in order to update the data. Can i proceed in the project now by the same data ( Iam writing the manuscript now) ?
or the data are no longer valid ?
what should I do ??
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The key is that your reporting should be transparent and your findings replicable. Make sure you report in the methods the date range during which you collected the data and the criteria you used. Then write in the discussion that there is now a new version of the criteria and consider to what extent you think it might affect the findings. It shouldn't be a deal breaker
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Dear Ahmad Hasan
Good Luck and I think its OK to use the 2011 one. In fact there was a revision of it 2016
Article 2016 Revisions to the 2010/2011 Fibromyalgia Diagnostic Criteria
So simply write what you did.
AND if your work is scientifically sound and the study design properly structured you are welcome to submit to the Egyptian Rheumatologist Journal (Elsevier)
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/the-egyptian-rheumatologist
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