Clinical features of female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome; [Fi̇bromyalji̇ sendromlu kadin hastalarin kli̇ni̇k özelli̇kleri̇]

Cindaş A.; Tüzün Ç.

Clinical features of female patients with fibromyalgia syndrome; [Fi̇bromyalji̇ sendromlu kadin hastalarin kli̇ni̇k özelli̇kleri̇]

Date

2002

Authors

Cindaş A.

Tüzün Ç.

Abstract

Patients with fibromyalgia have been reported to display high rates of several concomitant disorders and symptoms, including irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), migraine, raynaud fenomen (RF), primer dysmenorrhea, anxiety, depression, fatigue, paresthesia and sleep disorder. In this study we aimed to identify clinical features of female patients with FMS. The study included 105 female patients with FMS according to ACR 1990 criteria. Their mean age was 40.27±10.38. Mean tender point number was 14.81±2.50 and mean tender point score was 27.89±10.51. We found mean pain severity scores as 64.86±19.52, 66.76±22.92 and 53.54±24.34 for general pain, night pain and resting pain respectively. Fibromyalgia patients were displayed high rates of fatigue (%95), headache (%90), sleep disorder (%89), morning stiffness (%89), anxiety (%87) and paresthesia (%84). Stress (%98) and overactivity (%93) were the most detected modulating factors in FMS. We concluded that modulating factors, concomitant disorders and symptoms were important clinical features of female patients with FMS.