Epidemiology of fibromyalgia.

Epidemiology, costs, and the economic burden of fibromyalgia

The assumption that fibromyalgia is associated with a major impact on the utilization of both healthcare and nonhealthcare resources has not been thoroughly supported by evidence-based data. Despite the differences between healthcare and sociopolitical systems in various countries, more recent results from epidemiological research now clearly demonstrate the socioeconomic burden of fibromyalgia...

Fibromyalgia: a clinical review.

IMPORTANCE Fibromyalgia is present in as much as 2% to 8% of the population, is characterized by widespread pain, and is often accompanied by fatigue, memory problems, and sleep disturbances. OBJECTIVE To review the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and treatment of fibromyalgia. EVIDENCE REVIEW The medical literature on fibromyalgia was reviewed from 1955 to March 2014 via MEDLINE ...

Economic cost and epidemiological characteristics of fibromyalgia.

Prevalence of fibromyalgia in the Israeli population: a population-based study to estimate the prevalence of fibromyalgia in the Israeli population using the London Fibromyalgia Epidemiology Study Screening Questionnaire (LFESSQ).

UNLABELLED Fibromyalgia represents the tip of the iceberg of chronic pain in the general population. We have attempted to estimate the prevalence of fibromyalgia in the Israeli population, using the London Fibromyalgia Epidemiology Study Screening Questionnaire (LFESSQ), an instrument previously utilised in several European countries. METHODS The LFESSQ-4 screens for widespread pain, and the ...

Noncardiac chest pain and fibromyalgia.

Fibromyalgia (FM) remains an enigmatic and challenging clinical entity to manage, given its far-reaching spectrum of symptoms, chronicity, associated psychopathology, and lack of clinically available diagnostic tests. However, recent insights into the pathophysiology of FM offer hope that this condition, as with all members of the central sensitization syndromes, can be more readily diagnosed, ...

Prevalence of primary fibromyalgia in the Finnish population.

OBJECTIVE To obtain descriptive epidemiological data on fibromyalgia and its components in a representative sample of the Finnish population. DESIGN Cross sectional study of 8000 Finns aged 30 or more invited for screening and a main examination for musculoskeletal disorders and other major disorders. SETTING A mobile clinic. POPULATION 7217 subjects who attended the screening phase; 3434...