Development and validation of the self-administered Fibromyalgia Assessment Status: a disease-specific composite measure for evaluating treatment effect |
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| Authors: | Fausto Salaffi Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini Rita Girolimetti Stefania Gasparini Fabiola Atzeni Walter Grassi |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Rheumatology, Polytechnic University of the Marche Medical School, Via dei Colli 52, 60035 Jesi (Ancona), Italy;(2) Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Via G.B. Grassi 74, 20127 Milan, Italy |
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| Abstract: | Introduction The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) is a composite disease-specific measure validated for fibromyalgia (FM), but it
is rarely used in clinical practice. The objective was to develop and analyse the psychometric properties of a new composite
disease-specific index (Fibromyalgia Assessment Status, FAS), a simple self-administered index that combines a patient's assessment
of fatigue, sleep disturbances and pain evaluated on the basis of the 16 non-articular sites listed on the Self-Assessment
Pain Scale (SAPS) in a single measure (range 0 to 10). |
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