The Reliability and Agreement of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire in an Italian Sample of Obese Patients

Frontiers in Psychology

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Giorgia Varallo¹  Ada Ghiggia¹  Marco Arreghini⁴  Paolo Capodaglio⁴  Gian Mauro Manzoni¹  Emanuele Maria Giusti¹  Lorys Castelli²  Gianluca Castelnuovo¹ 

[1] Psychology Research Laboratory, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale San Giuseppe;Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Milan;Department of Psychology, University of Turin;Research Laboratory in Biomechanics and Rehabilitation, Orthopedic Rehabilitation Unit, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Ospedale San Giuseppe;Faculty of Psychology, eCampus, University

关键词: fibromyalgia (FM);    obesity;    fibromyalgia survey questionnaire;    reliabiity;    chronic pain;    assessment;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.623183

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ) was self-administered by a sample of 207 Italian individuals with obesity to screen for fibromyalgia (FM). We aimed to investigate the inter-rater reliability and the agreement in the detection of FM symptomatology between the self-administered FSQ and the clinical interview conducted by a rheumatologist. All the patients were divided randomly into two groups (group A and group B): a rheumatologist first interviewed patients of group A and after 48 h, the patients completed the self-report FSQ. Patients of group B first completed the FSQ and 48 h later were interviewed by a rheumatologist. The agreement between the measurements was good with the Bland-Altman analysis showing low bias scores for the two subscales of the FSQ. Results showed that 33% of the sample satisfied the criteria for a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. The FSQ is a self-reporting measure that showed substantial reliability providing fast screening for FM symptomatology.

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