I am reviewing about fibromyalgia syndrome. Any specific standardized scale for assessment if present, please suggest.
Dear Hima,
Trere you are:
FIQ − Full name of the questionnaire: Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire − Author(s): Carol Burckhardt, Sharon Clark, Robert Bennett − Abbreviated name of the questionnaire: FIQ − Objective: To measure fibromyalgia patient status, progress and outcomes − Pathology: Rheumatology/Traumatology − Disease: Fibromyalgia − Type of instrument: Symptom/Functioning − Population: Adult − Mode of administration: Self-administered − Number of items: 20 − Original language: English for the USA − List of existing translations: The FIQ has been translated into at least 19 languages including: Danish, Dutch, English for Ireland, English for New Zealand, Finnish, French, French for Canada, German, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Portuguese for Brazil, Spanish, Spanish for Mexico, Swedish, Turkish − Existence of a database: No − Time recall: During the past week
SF 36 − Full name of the questionnaire: Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) 36-Item Short Form − Author(s): John E Ware Jr, Cathy D Sherbourne − Abbreviated name of the questionnaire: SF-36 − Objective: The SF-36 was developed during the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) to measure generic health concepts relevant across age, disease, and treatment groups − Pathology: All − Disease: All − Type of instrument: Quality of life − Population: Adult: Adolescent (age 14 and older)
Sincerely,
Joan Dalmau-Carolà, MD, FIPP
Great question. See the attached article, which reports that 97% of patients told they have fibromyalgia do not meet the diagnostic criteria, and have a host of treatable disorders which have been overlooked. For an accurate diagnosis of this disorder, the Diagnostic Paradigm from www.MarylandClinicalDiagnostics.com offers a complete history taking over the Internet. The questionnaire provides diagnoses with a 96% correlation with diagnoses of Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors. This is a good way to access if a patient does or does not have fibromyalgia.
There has been some talk about FM being a connective tissue disease, affecting the glial tissue. You may want to compare.
You may want to be sure you are really evaluating fibromyalgia. 97% of patients told they have fibromyalgia do not meet the diagnostic criteria. See the attached article. Moreover, one must use the "diagnosis" of psychosomatic pain with great caution, since the criteria for this "diagnosis" is not finding objective medical findings, which is what happens when patients receive an incomplete medical examination. This leads to misdiagnoses of 40%-80% in chronic pain patients-see attached. An accurate diagnostic test to confirm diagnosis of fibromyalgia can be found at www.MarylandClinicalDiagnostics.com. This Diagnostic Paradigm gives diagnoses with a 96% correlation with diagnoses of Johns Hopkins Hospital doctors. This website also has the Pain Validity Test which can predict with 95% accuracy who have abnormal medical testing...see attached article--one of 8 on this topic. Nelson Hendler, MD, MS, former assistant professor of neurosurgery, and psychiatry, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, past president-American Academy of Pain Management
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