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Convergence between the 1990 and 2010 ACR diagnostic criteria and validation of the Spanish version of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ)

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(1) To assess the degree of convergence between the 1990 and 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) diagnostic criteria; (2) To evaluate the validity and reliability of the 2010 ACR criteria; (3) To validate the Spanish version of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ); and (4) To assess the utility of the FSQ to differentiate fibromyalgia (FM) subgroups by disease severity. In the first study, agreement between the 1990 and 2010 ACR criteria for FM diagnosis was analyzed in a sample of 80 FM patients and 59 healthy controls. Algometry (mean threshold and tender points count) and the 2010 ACR indices [Symptom Severity Scale (SSS), Widespread Index (WPI) and Polysymptomatic Distress Scale (PSD)] were correlated with the key symptoms of FM and with indices of disease interference and quality of life. In a second study, we evaluated the validity and internal consistency of the Spanish version of the FSQ, as well as its ability to discriminate between groups of FM patients with low and high symptom severity. There is good agreement between the 1990 and 2010 ACR criteria for FM diagnosis. The 2010 ACR indices (SSS, WPI and PSD) demonstrated very adequate construct validity and appeared to be useful in the assessment of disease severity and global impact of FM. The FSQ had good internal consistency and validity and showed 100 % concordance with 2010 ACR criteria applied by a clinician. In addition, the FSQ proved to be useful in differentiating FM severity subgroups.

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Notes

  1. As already explained, there was no imputation of data for missing values. Nevertheless, missing data were always lower than the 5 % in each variable.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Leonor Varela-Lema and Mabel Sampedro-Parada for their assistance in the back translation of the FSQ. This work was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (ref PSI2009-14555).

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  1. Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    M. T. Carrillo-de-la-Peña, Y. Triñanes & A. González-Villar

  2. Rheumatology Service, Hospital of Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain

    S. Romero-Yuste

  3. Research Foundation of La Fe Hospital, Valencia, Spain

    C. Gómez-Perretta

  4. Neurology Service, Universitary Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    M. Arias

  5. National Data Bank for Rheumatic Diseases, Wichita, KS, USA

    F. Wolfe

  6. University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, KS, USA

    F. Wolfe

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Appendix 1: Spanish version of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire

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Appendix 2: Face validity questions

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Carrillo-de-la-Peña, M.T., Triñanes, Y., González-Villar, A. et al. Convergence between the 1990 and 2010 ACR diagnostic criteria and validation of the Spanish version of the Fibromyalgia Survey Questionnaire (FSQ). Rheumatol Int 35, 141–151 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00296-014-3074-3

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