Análise crítica de parâmetros de qualidade de vida de pacientes com fibromialgia
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Fibromyalgia, Quality of Life, Chronic PainAbstract
The main purpose of this paper is to establish what symptoms or functional disturbances correlate themselves with the impact of fibromyalgia female patients in quality of life. A total of 26 women were studied who fullfill the American College of Rheumatology for the Classification of Fibromyalgia. Method: It was used the Pain and Fatigue Analogic Scales (PAS and FAS); Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ); Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ); Post- sleep Inventory (PSI); Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), Tender point count and classical clinical observation. The studied parameters were analyzed by the Spearman Correlation Coefficient. Results: The fibromyalgia group presented the following mean results: PAS – 7,7 (5 –10); FAS – 6,8 (0 – 10); HAQ – 1,26 (0,12 – 2,37); PSI – 81,2 (29 – 110) and FIQ – 58,4 (33,0 – 80,71). There is a significant correlation between the FIQ scores and pain inten-sity, fatigue intensity and HAQ scores. There is a weak correlation between FIQ and PSI scores. There was no correlation between FIQ and BDI scores. Conclusion: The global impact of fibromyalgia at the quality of life measured by the FIQ correlates with pain and fatigue intensity and with the decreased functional capacity measured by the HAQ.
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