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Factors affecting the quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia

Fibromiyalji sendromunda yaşam kalitesi üzerine etkili faktörler

Nuri ÇETİN
Şener Akçay YALBUZDAĞ
MEHMET TUĞRUL CABIOĞLU
Nur TURHAN
Pages
77–81
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The quality of life score was also significantly related to each of the pain parameters.

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: Fibromyalgia is a chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome characterized by diffuse pain and specific painful tender points.
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Key Findings & Data:Material and Methods: The study was carried out in the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic with 35 women with fibromyalgia and 20 healthy women with no current or past medical history as controls.
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Conclusion & Impact:The quality of life score was also significantly related to each of the pain parameters.
🔬Design:Survey & Empirical Study
📍Scope:Comprehensive Sample
⚙️Variables:Yaşam kalitesi · Kadın · Anketler

Abstract

Objective: Fibromyalgia is a chronic musculoskeletal pain syndrome characterized by diffuse pain and specific painful tender points. This study was planned to gain a better understanding of the factors that may impact the quality of life of patients with fibromyalgia. Material and Methods: The study was carried out in the Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic with 35 women with fibromyalgia and 20 healthy women with no current or past medical history as controls. The subjects were evaluated with digital palpation to test tender points, by algometric measurements to test pressure pain threshold, the Short-Form McGill Pain Questionnaire (SF-MPQ) scores to test pain severity, and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) to test quality of life. Results: The two groups were similar with respect to mean age, body mass index and education status. Algometric pressure pain thresholds of tender point sites were lower in patients with fibromyalgia than in healthy controls. In this patient group, there were linear relations between the number of tender points, duration of pain, SF-MPQ scores, and FIQ. There were also linear relations between duration of pain and SF-MPQ scores and the total number of tender points. Conclusion: In the patient group, all the pain measurements were significantly correlated with each other. The quality of life score was also significantly related to each of the pain parameters.

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Amaç: Fibromyalji, yaygın ağrı ve spesifik anatomik bölgelerde hassas noktalarla karakterize kronik muskuloskelatal ağrı sendromudur. Bu hastalık kişilerin yaşam kalitesinin etkilemektedir. Çalışmanın amacı fibromiyalji sendromlu hastaların ağrı ve yaşam kaliteleri üzerine etki eden faktörleri araştırmaktır. Yöntem ve Gereçler: Fiziksel Tıp ve Rehabilitasyon Polikliniği'ne başvuran ve Fibromyalji Sendromu tanısı konulan 35 kadın hasta ve daha önce hiçbir hastalığı olmayan, sağlıklı 20 gönüllü kadın kontrol alınarak yürütüldü. Bireylerin digital palpasyonla hassas nokta sayısı, algometre ile Basınç ağrı eşiği (BAE), Kısa-Form Mc Gill Ağrı Anketi (KF-MAA) ile ağrı şiddeti ve Fibromyalji Etki Anketi (FEA) ile yaşam kaliteleri değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Yaş, vücut kitle indeksi, eğitim durumu açısından kontrol ve çalışma grupları benzer yapıda idi. Fibromyalji grubunda algometrik yöntemle test edilen BAE'ler kontrol grubuna göre daha düşük bulundu. Hasta grubunda hassas nokta (HN) sayısı sayısı, ağrı süresi, KF-MAA skorları ile FEA arasında lineer bir ilişki vardı ( p<0.001). HN sayısı ile ağrı süresi ve KF-MAA skorları arasında da lineer bir ilişki vardı (p<0.001). Sonuç: Hasta grubunda tüm ağrı ölçümleri arasında ve tüm bu parametrelerle yaşam kalitesi arasında ileri derecede anlamlı korelâsyon saptandı.

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ÇETİN, N., YALBUZDAĞ, Ş. A., CABIOĞLU, M. T., TURHAN, N. (2009). Factors affecting the quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia. Turkish Journal of Rheumatology(.)Archives of Rheumatology, Cilt: 24 - Sayı: 2, 77–81. https://ajindex.com/articles/376122

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