Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia: Disagreement Between Fibromyalgia Criteria and Clinician-Based Fibromyalgia Diagnosis in a University Clinic.

CONCLUSION: There is considerable disagreement between ICD clinical diagnosis and criteria-based diagnosis of fibromyalgia, calling into question ICD-based studies. Fibromyalgia criteria were easy to use, but problems regarding clinician bias, meaning of a fibromyalgia diagnosis, and the validity of physician diagnosis were substantial.
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Source: Pain Physician - February 6, 2019 Category: Anesthesiology Authors: Wolfe F, Schmukler J, Jamal S, Castrejon I, Gibson KA, Srinivasan S, Häuser W, Pincus T Tags: Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) Source Type: research