Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
The Reliability and Agreement of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire in an Italian Sample of Obese Patients |
| Authors: |
Giorgia Varallo, Ada Ghiggia, Marco Arreghini, Paolo Capodaglio, Gian Mauro Manzoni, Emanuele Maria Giusti, Lorys Castelli, Gianluca Castelnuovo |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Psychology |
| Subject Terms: |
fibromyalgia (FM), obesity, fibromyalgia survey questionnaire, reliabiity, chronic pain, assessment, Psychology, BF1-990 |
| More Details: |
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. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1664-1078 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.623183/full; https://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpsyg.2021.623183 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/84eb09dcaceb4f858e2a87f19251b1ab |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.84eb09dcaceb4f858e2a87f19251b1ab |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
