Quality of life issues for fibromyalgia patients

Bernard, A; Prince, Alice; Edsall, Patricia A.

doi:10.1002/1529-0131(200002)13:1<42::aid-art7>3.3.co;2-i

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“…4 Most individuals with FM are women that are typically diagnosed during their working years. 5 FM can severely affect an individual's quality of life and functional status 6,7 and lead to substantial costs. 8 -11 Most studies addressing the economic and societal cost of FM have relied on selective samples (eg, in one employer, community samples of rheumatology patients).…”

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Employees With Fibromyalgia: Medical Comorbidity, Healthcare Costs, and Work Loss

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Birnbaum

Kaltenboeck

et al. 2008

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

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• Compare prevalence rates of common comorbid conditions in employees diagnosed as having fibromyalgia (FM) or osteoarthritis (OA).• Identify trends in the use of medical care and prescription drugs by employees having FM or OA, as compared to control subjects.• Contrast total dollar costs and their components-medical costs, drug costs, and indirect costs of time lost from work-in employees with FM, those with OA, and control employees having neither of these disorders. ($10,199) approached OA costs ($10,861, P ϭ 0.3758) Med. 2008;50:13-24)

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Employees With Fibromyalgia: Medical Comorbidity, Healthcare Costs, and Work Loss

White

Birnbaum

Kaltenboeck

et al. 2008

Journal of Occupational &Amp; Environmental Medicine

153

185

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“…Un patient atteint de fibromyalgie consulte de nombreux cliniciens, de différentes disciplines. Sur le plan personnel, la fibromyalgie aurait un impact négatif sur les relations sociales et entraînerait une A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 5 diminution du soutien social [1]. La douleur, les troubles thymiques et l'incompréhension fréquente de l'entourage sont des facteurs de vulnérabilité qui peuvent toucher le couple.…”

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L’expérience subjective de patients avec une fibromyalgie : analyse qualitative

Aini¹,

Curelli-Chéreau²,

Antoine³

2010

Annales Médico-psychologiques, revue psychiatrique

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RésuméLa fibromyalgie est un syndrome douloureux chronique au cours duquel de nombreux domaines de la qualité de vie sont altérés. La prise en compte du vécu de la souffrance des patients est donc de première importance. Notre objectif principal est d'explorer l'expérience subjective de la maladie inscrite dans un contexte personnel, familial, social et médical. Cette démarche se veut qualitative, holistique et centrée sur le patient. Vingt-deux patients fibromyalgiques ont participé à des entretiens non directifs, soit individuellement, soit en groupe. La retranscription des entretiens est analysée pour identifier des unités qui, suivant AbstractFibromyalgia is a non-articular rheumatological syndrome belonging to the group of painful musculoskeletal diseases affecting 2% of a mostly female population (90%). Fatigue, anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and poor quality of life are highly prevalent in these patients. Fibromyalgia is an individualized syndrome with an important psychological, familial and social impact and poses some intriguing questions that remain unanswered to researchers and clinicians. The definition of this disease is still incomplete and does not include all persons suffering from an « illness » of which it may be a component. Therefore, understanding the impact of fibromyalgia on quality of life could be a useful step to improve its diagnosis, follow-up and treatment. This article aims to explore the nature of subjective experience in fibromyalgia. Examples taken from interviews with people who have fibromyalgia will be used to illustrate these domains. Twenty-two patients (19 women and 3 men), 35 to 63 years old (mean: 50.4  6.9 years) from a fibromyalgia population diagnosed according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology, were recruited from a general outpatient clinic in the North of France. The interviews, either individually, or in group, were recorded or transcribed, and the responses were explored using a qualitative analysis to produce a thematic account. The examples used to illustrate the conceptual discussion in this article are drawn from the transcripts of these interviews. Each of the transcripts was analysed by noting relevant items, coding emergent themes and compiling a preliminary list of themes. Closely related themes were grouped together under appropriate higher-order themes and clustered into sets consisting of higher-order themes and sub-themes.This resulted in a complete hierarchically-organized summary list of themes. These various steps helped identify sixteen broad topics in the subjective experience of fibromyalgia which were distributed in five distinct fields: psychological consequences (impact on mood, helplessness feeling, consequences on self-concept), impact on everyday life (fatigability, functional difficulties, hyperactivity), interpersonal level (lack of understanding, isolation, impact on family, impact on intimacy), living with a medical course (physician/patient Page 3 of 20 A c c e p t e d M a n u s c r i p t 3 relation, medi...

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“…However, the effectiveness of most CAM therapies remains unproven. The appeal of CAM providers may arise primarily from the hope that CAM providers offer (9), the time and attention they give to patients (22), and their empathy and listening skills (23).…”

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Use of complementary and alternative medicine providers by fibromyalgia patients under insurance coverage

Lind¹,

Lafferty²,

Tyree³

et al. 2007

Arthritis & Rheumatism

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Quality of life issues for fibromyalgia patients

Abstract: Objective. To collect information from patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) in regard to quality of life, impact of FMS

Cited by 56 publications

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Employees With Fibromyalgia: Medical Comorbidity, Healthcare Costs, and Work Loss

Employees With Fibromyalgia: Medical Comorbidity, Healthcare Costs, and Work Loss

L’expérience subjective de patients avec une fibromyalgie : analyse qualitative

Use of complementary and alternative medicine providers by fibromyalgia patients under insurance coverage

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