Prevalence of fibromyalgia in Turkish geriatric population and its impact on quality of life.

Objectives: The aim of the present study was to examine the presence of fibromyalgia (FM) in elderly adults and to evaluate the impact of the severity of FM on quality of life.

Methods: A total of 100 patients between 65 and 80 years of age were included. The main admission diagnosis of the patients was recorded.

Fatigue in the mothers of children with cerebral palsy.

Purpose: To evaluate fatigue in the mothers of children with cerebral palsy (CP), and to determine its associations with clinical parameters of CP, depression and quality of life (QoL).

Method: Ninety children (50 girls and 40 boys) with spastic CP and their mothers were included. Control group comprised mothers of healthy children.