Patient-related predictors of treatment satisfaction of patients with fibromyalgia syndrome: results of a cross-sectional survey.

Objectives: This study aimed to determine patient-related predictors of treatment satisfaction in fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS)-patients.

Methods: In a cross-sectional survey, participants with self-reported diagnosis of FMS were recruited by FMS-self help organisations and clinical institutions. The patients answered demographic and medical questionnaires, the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ) including the Somatic Severity Score (SSS) and Widespread Pain Index (WPI), the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-4), and rated their treatment satisfaction on an 11-point Likert scale.

Validation of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire within a cross-sectional survey.

The Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ) assesses the key symptoms of fibromyalgia syndrome. The FSQ can be administrated in survey research and settings where the use of interviews to evaluate the number of pain sites and extent of somatic symptom intensity and tender point examination would be difficult. We validated the FSQ in a cross-sectional survey with FMS patients.

The German fibromyalgia consumer reports - a cross-sectional survey.

Background: Consumer surveys provide information on effectiveness and side effects of medical interventions in routine clinical care. A report of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) consumers has not been carried out in Europe.

Methods: The study was carried out from November 2010 to April 2011.

A comparison of the clinical features of fibromyalgia syndrome in different settings.

Background: The "funnel hypothesis" of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) assumes that the high levels of somatic and psychological symptoms reported by FMS-patients are due to a selection bias of patients seeking for medical specialist care. We tested the hypothesis by comparing FMS-patients from a general population sample and different clinical settings.

Methods: From a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of the German general population, persons meeting FMS-criteria were selected.

Diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome-a comparison of Association of the Medical Scientific Societies in Germany, survey, and American College of Rheumatology criteria.

Objectives: The survey and the Association of the Medical Scientific Societies in Germany (AWMF) criteria had been developed to overcome problems associated with tender point criterion of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) (lacking validation for clinical diagnosis, inconsistent use by rheumatologists, and nonrheumatologists) for the clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS). We compared the concordance between these 3 criteria.

Methods: Consecutive patients of different clinical settings referred for the evaluation of chronic widespread pain or management of established FMS diagnosis were assessed by medical history, a complete physical examination including tender points, and questionnaires [self-constructed symptoms questionnaire, regional pain scale (RPS), Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ 9 and 15)].