修订过的纤维肌痛影响问卷中的性别差异:试点研究
Martina Favretti1, Giulio Dolcini1, Cristina Iannuccelli2
1Rheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Internal, Anaesthesiological and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology
|June 28, 2023
概括
修订的纤维肌痛影响问卷 (FIQR) 可能低估了纤维肌痛.
科学领域:
- 类风湿病学 类风湿病学
- 临床研究 临床研究
- 患者报告的结果
背景情况:
- 纤维肌痛 (FM) 是一种慢性疼痛综合征,女性患病率更高.
- 目前的疾病严重程度评估,如修订的纤维肌痛影响问卷 (FIQR),在以女性为主的样本上进行了验证.
- 在FM评估工具中潜在的性别偏见需要进行调查.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较男性和女性纤维肌痛患者之间的修订纤维肌痛影响问卷 (FIQR) 项目得分.
- 评估FIQR中潜在的性别偏见作为纤维肌痛严重程度指数.
主要方法:
- 一项涉及78名纤维肌痛患者 (39名男性,39名女性) 的病例控制研究对年龄和疾病持续时间进行了匹配.
- 患者完成了一项在线调查,包括人口统计数据,疾病变量和意大利版本的FIQR.
- 使用单变量分析来比较性别之间的FIQR得分.
主要成果:
- 女性纤维肌痛患者报告总FIQR得分和身体功能域得分显著更高.
- 在21个FIQR项目中,女性在6个项目中得分明显高.
- 具体来说,女性在身体功能领域的9个子项目中的5个得分更高.
结论:
- 修订的纤维肌痛影响问卷 (FIQR) 可能低估了男性纤维肌痛患者的疾病影响.
- 需要进一步的研究来验证跨性别的FM评估工具,以确保准确的严重程度索引.
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