Publications by authors named "Asensi Cabo-Meseguer"
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- The study investigates the epidemiology of fibromyalgia in Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, highlighting its significant prevalence as a public health issue.
- It utilizes a descriptive cross-sectional approach, analyzing health records from 2012 to 2016 for 9,267 diagnosed patients to assess sociodemographic characteristics such as age, sex, and economic level.
- Findings reveal a prevalence rate of 3.7%, notably higher than global averages, with a 28% increase annually and a majority of cases (63%) in women, averaging around 54 years old.
Fibromyalgia is an idiopathic chronic condition that causes widespread musculoskeletal pain, hyperalgesia and allodynia. This review aims to approach the general epidemiology of fibromyalgia according to the most recent published studies, identifying the general worldwide prevalence of the disease, its basic epidemiological profiles and its economic costs, with specific interest in the Spanish and Comunidad Valenciana cases. Fibromyalgia affects, on average, 2.
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