Fibromyalgia diagnosis and biased assessment: Sex, prevalence and bias

Multiple clinical and epidemiological studies have provided estimates of fibromyalgia prevalence and sex ratio, but different criteria sets and methodology, as well as bias, have led to widely varying (0.4%->11%) estimates of prevalence and female predominance (>90% to

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2018-09, Vol.13 (9), p.e0203755-e0203755
Hauptverfasser:	Wolfe, Frederick, Walitt, Brian, Perrot, Serge, Rasker, Johannes J, Häuser, Winfried
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Aged Analysis Arthritis Arthritis, Rheumatoid - complications Arthritis, Rheumatoid - diagnosis Arthritis, Rheumatoid - pathology Bias Biology and Life Sciences Criteria Data banks Databases, Factual Diagnosis Diagnostic systems Epidemiology Female Females Fibromyalgia Fibromyalgia - complications Fibromyalgia - diagnosis Fibromyalgia - epidemiology Fibromyalgia - pathology Gender Germany - epidemiology Humans Longitudinal Studies Male Medical diagnosis Medical referrals Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Outcome and process assessment (Medical care) Pain Pain - complications Pain - diagnosis Pain - pathology Patients People and Places Pharmaceutical industry Population studies Prevalence Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Research and Analysis Methods Rheumatic diseases Rheumatoid arthritis Rheumatology Risk factors Selection bias Self Report Severity of Illness Index Sex Sex Factors Sex ratio Sexism Studies Womens health
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Zusammenfassung:	Multiple clinical and epidemiological studies have provided estimates of fibromyalgia prevalence and sex ratio, but different criteria sets and methodology, as well as bias, have led to widely varying (0.4%->11%) estimates of prevalence and female predominance (>90% to
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0203755