Results: Last emergency service admission complaints (p
📌 3 Key Takeaways
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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: We aimed to evaluate the emergency service admission frequencies of fibromyalgia patients with their sociodemographic properties.
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Key Findings & Data:Methods: A questionnaire form was applied to 136 fibromyalgia patients who admitted to our Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic and a control group of 132 non-fibromyalgia adult volunteers.
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Conclusion & Impact:Results: Last emergency service admission complaints (p
🔬Design:Survey & Empirical Study
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Fibromiyalji · acil servis · sosyodemografik özellik
Abstract
Objective: We aimed to evaluate the emergency service admission frequencies of fibromyalgia patients with their sociodemographic properties. Methods: A questionnaire form was applied to 136 fibromyalgia patients who admitted to our Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic and a control group of 132 non-fibromyalgia adult volunteers. Results: Last emergency service admission complaints (p
Özet
Amaç: Çalışmamızda, fibromiyalji hastalarını sosyodemografik özellikleri ile birlikte değerlendirerek acil servis başvuru sıklıklarını belirlemeyi amaçladık. Yöntemler: Fizik tedavi ve rehabilitasyon polikliniğimize başvuran 136 fibromiyalji hastasına ve 132 kişilik fibromiyalji olmayan gönüllü kontrol grubuna anket formu uygulandı. Bulgular: Gruplar arasında son acil servis başvuru şikayeti (p
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