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Muhammad B Yunus1, Reyhan Celiker, Jean C Aldag
1Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, One Illinois Drive, Peoria, IL 61605, USA. yunus@uic.edu
Objective:
To describe possible differences in psychological factors in men compared to women with fibromyalgia syndrome (FM).
Methods:
Forty men and 160 women with FM were evaluated for anxiety, stress, and depression measured by ordinal scales and validated psychological instruments. Clinical and psychological variables were evaluated by a protocol.
Results:
Both men and women scored high in the psychological variables measured but the results were not significantly different between them.
Conclusion:
There was no significant difference between men and women with FM in their psychological status.
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