Clin Exp Rheumatol
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To investigate the usefulness of tenderness (tender points count (TPC) and algometer score) to characterise fibromyalgia (FM) severity and symptomatology in women. ⋯ Widespread pain and pain hypersensitivity, as measured by TPC and algometer score, do not seem to be useful to characterise FM severity and symptomatology (measured by FIQ) in women.
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Comparative Study
Sleep quality in fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis: associations with pain, fatigue, depression, and disease activity.
The aim of this study was to compare the sleep quality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS); and to evaluate the relationship between sleep quality and pain, fatigue, depression, and disease activity in patients with RA and FMS. ⋯ FMS and RA may have poor sleep quality when compared to subjects without rheumatologic disorders. The quality of sleep can be impaired by pain, fatigue, depression, and disease activity in such patients.
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Studies have shown an increased incidence of fibromyalgia (FMS) in RA patients. The aims of this study were to explore the effect of mood and disease damage on the prevalence of FMS. ⋯ Coexistent FMS was common in our cohort, although using the tender point count to define FMS classified fewer patients with FMS. Within this group those with FMS had higher levels of depression but similar scores for joint damage indicating that in this cohort FMS and poorer physical functioning is mediated by low mood rather than joint damage.
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Negative affects like depression, anxiety and stress are frequently observed in patients with fibromyalgia (FMS). Understanding the association between FMS and negative affects is likely to help in deciding the choice of treatment. The aim of this study was to determine the correlation between the severity of FMS with the severity of depression, anxiety and stress. ⋯ Results suggest that FMS is associated with depression, anxiety and stress and in FMS magnitude of negative affects is significantly correlated with FIQR. However, depression alone in absence of FMS can also give rise to all three components of FIQR.
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Comparative Study
Subthreshold mood symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis.
Although several findings have highlighted the prevalence of Axis I psychiatric disorders in fibromyalgia (FM) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), very little information is available on the prevalence of subthreshold mood symptoms in these conditions. Therefore, we aimed at comparing the prevalence of subthreshold mood symptoms in rheumatic patients suffering from FM and RA. The hypothesis is that subthreshold mood symptoms are more represented in FM, given the evidence of higher rates of Axis I psychopathology in FM than in RA. ⋯ The present study demonstrates that subthreshold depressive symptoms are more represented in FM than in RA patients. This fact could play a role in the worse quality of life and in the major perception of pain which characterises FM.