The Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR): validation and psychometric properties

Bennett, Robert M.; Friend, Ronald; Jones, Kim Dupree; Ward, Rachel L; Han, Bobby Kwanghoon; Ross, Rebecca

doi:10.1186/ar2830

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“…Measures of function in fibromyalgia patients typically include assessment of difficulty in activities related to low back combined with lower limb pain, such as walking, climbing stairs, and sitting for prolonged periods [1]. Although a recent study has suggested that customized foot orthotics may be beneficial in chronic, non-specific low back pain with lower limb [2], there remains a paucity of trials confirming their effectiveness.…”

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A cohort-controlled trial of the addition of customized foot orthotics to standard care in fibromyalgia

Ferrari

2012

Clin Rheumatol

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Customized foot orthotics are widely prescribed for patients with chronic, non-specific low back pain and lower limb pain, but there are few trials demonstrating effectiveness, and none for fibromyalgia. A total of 67 consecutive patients presenting with chronic, widespread pain, who met the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria for fibromyalgia, were included in the study. A total of 32 subjects were prescribed a spinal exercise therapy program along with analgesics. These subjects formed the Control group. A second group, comprised of 35 subjects, received the same therapy, along with customized foot orthotics (Orthotics group). All subjects completed the Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) at the initiation of the study and at 8 weeks follow-up. The number of subjects using any type of prescription analgesic or other medication for chronic pain at baseline and at 8 weeks was also recorded. A total of 30 subjects in the Control group and 33 in the Orthotics group completed the study. All subjects completed the baseline and 8-week FIQR. The two groups were well matched in terms of age (45.3 ± 11.5 years in the Orthotics group vs. 47.2 ± 8.7 years in the cohort Control), medication use, duration of pain (6.5 ± 4.3 years in the Orthotics group vs. 6.2 ± 3.4 years in the cohort Control group), as well as baseline FIQR scores (55.2 ± 11.0 in the Orthotics group vs. 56.3 ± 12.2 in the cohort Control group). At 8 weeks, the Orthotics group had a greater reduction in the FIQR score than the cohort Control group (reduction of 9.9 ± 5.9 vs. 4.3 ± 4.4, respectively), and this was mainly due to changes in the 'function' domain of the FIQR (reduction of 19.6 ± 9.4 in the Orthotics group vs. 8.1 ± 4.3 in the cohort Control group). As part of a complex intervention, in a cohort-controlled trial of primary care patients with fibromyalgia, the addition of custom-made foot orthotics to usual care appears to improve functioning in the short term.

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A cohort-controlled trial of the addition of customized foot orthotics to standard care in fibromyalgia

Ferrari

2012

Clin Rheumatol

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“…One obvious disadvantage is that not all of these measures allow comparisons of treatment outcomes in patients with different health problems (e.g., for resource allocation studies), therefore suggesting their combination with generic measures. However, there are some broad disease-specific measures such as the Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale 2 (AIMS2) [56], the Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) [57], the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) [58,59], the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) [60], the Hip Disability and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HOOS) [61], the Western Ontario Osteoarthritis of the Shoulder (WOOS) questionnaire [62] and the Disability of the Arm, Shoulder and Hand (DASH) questionnaire [63], which include both general functional aspects and specific references to states or changes of particular concern to the target population (Table 1).…”

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“…The FIQR [57] was designed in an attempt to address the limitations of the original FIQ while retaining its essential properties [65]. It consists of 21 individual questions that, like those of the FIQ, refer to the previous 7 days and are answered by means of a 0e10 NRS in which 10 ¼ 'worst'.…”

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How to measure chronic pain: New concepts

Salaffi

Sarzi-Puttini

Atzeni

2015

Best Practice & Research Clinical Rheumatology

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“…B. ergänzend zu FIQ-R [4] zum Einsatz kommen kann. Der geplante Fibromyalgie-Teilhabefragebogen (FTF) wird zurzeit psychometrisch geprüft und voraussichtlich 2012 publiziert.…”

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