Fibromyalgia diagnosis is a challenging and long process, especially among primary care physicians (PCPs), because of symptom heterogeneity, co-morbidities and clinical overlap with other disorders. The purpose was to develop and validate a screening tool in French (FR), German (DE) and English (UK) to help PCPs identify patients with fibromyalgia.

Improving the primary care physicians' decision making for fibromyalgia in clinical practice: development and validation of the Fibromyalgia Detection (FibroDetect®) screening tool / Baron, R., Perrot, S., Guillemin, I., Alegre, C., Dias Barbosa, C., Choy, E., Gilet, H., Cruccu, G., Desmeules, J., Margaux, J., Richards, S., Serra, E., Spaeth, M., Arnould, B.. - In: HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES. - ISSN 1477-7525. - 12:1(2014), p. 128. [10.1186/s12955-014-0128-x]

Improving the primary care physicians' decision making for fibromyalgia in clinical practice: development and validation of the Fibromyalgia Detection (FibroDetect®) screening tool

CRUCCU, Giorgio;
2014

Abstract

Fibromyalgia diagnosis is a challenging and long process, especially among primary care physicians (PCPs), because of symptom heterogeneity, co-morbidities and clinical overlap with other disorders. The purpose was to develop and validate a screening tool in French (FR), German (DE) and English (UK) to help PCPs identify patients with fibromyalgia.
2014
Adult; Aged; Chronic Pain; Decision Making; Diagnosis, Differential; Fatigue; Female; Fibromyalgia; Focus Groups; France; Germany; Great Britain; Humans; Language; Male; Mass Screening; Middle Aged; Physician's Practice Patterns; Pilot Projects; Primary Health Care; Program Development; Program Evaluation; Sensitivity and Specificity; Questionnaires
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Improving the primary care physicians' decision making for fibromyalgia in clinical practice: development and validation of the Fibromyalgia Detection (FibroDetect®) screening tool / Baron, R., Perrot, S., Guillemin, I., Alegre, C., Dias Barbosa, C., Choy, E., Gilet, H., Cruccu, G., Desmeules, J., Margaux, J., Richards, S., Serra, E., Spaeth, M., Arnould, B.. - In: HEALTH AND QUALITY OF LIFE OUTCOMES. - ISSN 1477-7525. - 12:1(2014), p. 128. [10.1186/s12955-014-0128-x]
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