The impact of fibromyalgia syndrome and the role of comorbidity with mood and post-traumatic stress disorder in worsening the quality of life

Mauro Giovanni Carta, Maria Francesca Moro, Francesca Laura Pinna, Giorgia Testa, Enrico Cacace, Valeria Ruggiero, Martina Piras, Ferdinando Romano, Luigi Minerba, Sergio Machado, Rafael Christophe Freire, Antonio Egidio Nardi and Federica Sancassiani

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, 2018, vol. 64, issue 7, 647-655

Abstract: Background: The aim is to measure the association between fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), mood and anxiety disorders using reliable psychiatric diagnoses according to Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th ed.; DSM-IV) and with a case–control design. Methods: Case–control study with cases (71 consecutive female patients with FMS) and controls (284 subjects without FMS), randomly drawn after a gender- and age-matching technique from the database of an epidemiological survey. Psychiatric diagnoses were conducted according to DSM-IV and carried out by clinical staff using a structured interview (Advanced Neuropsychiatric Tools and Assessment Schedule). QoL was measured by Short Form Health Survey (SF-12). Results: The lifetime prevalence of major depressive disorder (MDD; 43.7% vs 8.1%, p  

Keywords: Fibromyalgia syndrome; major depressive disorder; bipolar disorder; post-traumatic stress disorder; quality of life (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0020764018795211

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