The Journal of Rheumatology
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Fibromyalgia Research Criteria FREDERICK WOLFE J Rheumatol 2014;41;187 http://www.jrheum.org/content/41/1/187.1 1. Sign up for our monthly e-table of contents http://www.jrheum.org/cgi/alerts/etoc 2. Information on Subscriptions http://jrheum.com/subscribe.html 3. Have us contact your library about access options [email protected] 4. Information on permissions/orders of reprints http://jrheum.com/reprints.html The Journal of Rheumatology is a monthly international serial edited by Earl D. Silverman featuring research articles on clinical subjects from scientists working in rheumatology and related fields.
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Fibromyalgia Research Criteria To the Editor:
Following the publication of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Measurement of Symptom Severity1, we published a modified version of the criteria in the Journal of Rheumatology that could be used for survey and clinical research based on patient self-report2. The modified criteria have been used extensively3,4,5,6, but there has been some confusion about what to call the modified criteria and the various scales that it contains. They should not be called ACR criteria because the ACR criteria are not self-report criteria. We suggest that the modified criteria be called the Fibromyalgia Research Criteria, because they were designed for research, not clinical care. The summed Widespread Pain Index and Symptom Severity Score should be called the Polysymptomatic Distress Scale3. A standard version of the research criteria questionnaire is available on request by e-mail from [email protected]. FREDERICK WOLFE, MD, National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, 1035 N. Emporia, Ste. 230, Wichita, Kansas 67214, USA. E-mail: [email protected] REFERENCES 1. Wolfe F, Clauw DJ, Fitzcharles MA, Goldenberg DL, Katz RS, Mease P, et al. The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity. Arthritis Care Res 2010;62:600-10.
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2. Wolfe F, Clauw DJ, Fitzcharles MA, Goldenberg DL, Häuser W, Katz RS, et al. Fibromyalgia criteria and severity scales for clinical and epidemiological studies: a modification of the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol 2011;38:1113-22. 3. Wolfe F, Brähler E, Hinz A, Häuser W. Fibromyalgia prevalence, somatic symptom reporting, and the dimensionality of polysymptomatic distress: results from a survey of the general population. Arthritis Care Res 2013;65:777-85. 4. Ferrari R, Russell AS. A questionnaire using the Modified 2010 American College of Rheumatology Criteria for Fibromyalgia: specificity and sensitivity in clinical practice. J Rheumatol 2013;40:1590-5. 5. Usui C, Hatta K, Aratani S, Yagishita N, Nishioka K, Kanazawa T, et al. The Japanese version of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and the Fibromyalgia Symptom Scale: reliability and validity. Mod Rheumatol 2012;22:40-4. 6. Fitzcharles MA, Ste-Marie PA, Panopalis P, Ménard H, Shir Y, Wolfe F. The 2010 American College of Rheumatology fibromyalgia survey diagnostic criteria and symptom severity scale is a valid and reliable tool in a French speaking fibromyalgia cohort. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2012;13:179.
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Volume 41, no. 1
Fibromyalgia Research Criteria FREDERICK WOLFE J Rheumatol 2014;41;187 http://www.jrheum.org/content/41/1/187.1 1. Sign up for our monthly e-table of contents http://www.jrheum.org/cgi/alerts/etoc 2. Information on Subscriptions http://jrheum.com/subscribe.html 3. Have us contact your library about access options [email protected] 4. Information on permissions/orders of reprints http://jrheum.com/reprints.html The Journal of Rheumatology is a monthly international serial edited by Earl D. Silverman featuring research articles on clinical subjects from scientists working in rheumatology and related fields.
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Fibromyalgia Research Criteria To the Editor:
Following the publication of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and Measurement of Symptom Severity1, we published a modified version of the criteria in the Journal of Rheumatology that could be used for survey and clinical research based on patient self-report2. The modified criteria have been used extensively3,4,5,6, but there has been some confusion about what to call the modified criteria and the various scales that it contains. They should not be called ACR criteria because the ACR criteria are not self-report criteria. We suggest that the modified criteria be called the Fibromyalgia Research Criteria, because they were designed for research, not clinical care. The summed Widespread Pain Index and Symptom Severity Score should be called the Polysymptomatic Distress Scale3. A standard version of the research criteria questionnaire is available on request by e-mail from [email protected]. FREDERICK WOLFE, MD, National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, 1035 N. Emporia, Ste. 230, Wichita, Kansas 67214, USA. E-mail: [email protected] REFERENCES 1. Wolfe F, Clauw DJ, Fitzcharles MA, Goldenberg DL, Katz RS, Mease P, et al. The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity. Arthritis Care Res 2010;62:600-10.
Letter
2. Wolfe F, Clauw DJ, Fitzcharles MA, Goldenberg DL, Häuser W, Katz RS, et al. Fibromyalgia criteria and severity scales for clinical and epidemiological studies: a modification of the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol 2011;38:1113-22. 3. Wolfe F, Brähler E, Hinz A, Häuser W. Fibromyalgia prevalence, somatic symptom reporting, and the dimensionality of polysymptomatic distress: results from a survey of the general population. Arthritis Care Res 2013;65:777-85. 4. Ferrari R, Russell AS. A questionnaire using the Modified 2010 American College of Rheumatology Criteria for Fibromyalgia: specificity and sensitivity in clinical practice. J Rheumatol 2013;40:1590-5. 5. Usui C, Hatta K, Aratani S, Yagishita N, Nishioka K, Kanazawa T, et al. The Japanese version of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia and the Fibromyalgia Symptom Scale: reliability and validity. Mod Rheumatol 2012;22:40-4. 6. Fitzcharles MA, Ste-Marie PA, Panopalis P, Ménard H, Shir Y, Wolfe F. The 2010 American College of Rheumatology fibromyalgia survey diagnostic criteria and symptom severity scale is a valid and reliable tool in a French speaking fibromyalgia cohort. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2012;13:179.
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