The association of pain and stiffness with fatigue in incident polymyalgia rheumatica: baseline results from the polymyalgia rheumatica cohort study
| Autor: | Kevin Barraclough, Toby Helliwell, Christian D Mallen, Sara Muller, Samantha L. Hider, Bhaskar Dasgupta, James A. Prior |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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musculoskeletal diseases medicine.medical_specialty education Short Report macromolecular substances Newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica Polymyalgia rheumatica primary care stiffness 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Rating scale Surveys and Questionnaires medicine Humans pain Hip pain Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective cohort study Care Planning Aged Aged 80 and over 030203 arthritis & rheumatology business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Mean age Baseline data Middle Aged medicine.disease R1 Muscle Tonus Physical therapy Female fatigue business Cohort study |
| Zdroj: | Primary Health Care Research & Development |
| ISSN: | 1477-1128 1463-4236 |
| Popis: | We aimed to examine the association between pain, stiffness and fatigue in newly diagnosed polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients using baseline data from a prospective cohort study. Fatigue is a known, but often ignored symptom of PMR. Newly diagnosed PMR patients were recruited from general practice and mailed a baseline questionnaire. This included a numerical rating scale for pain and stiffness severity, manikins identifying locations of pain and stiffness and the FACIT-Fatigue questionnaire. A total of 652 PMR patients responded (88.5%). The mean age of responders was 72.6 years (SD 9.0) and the majority were female (62.0%). Manikin data demonstrated that bilateral shoulder and hip pain and stiffness were common. The mean fatigue score (FACIT) was 33.9 (SD 12.4). Adjusted regression analysis demonstrated that a higher number of pain sites (23–44 sites) and higher pain and stiffness severity were associated with greater levels of fatigue. In newly diagnosed PMR patients, fatigue was associated with PMR symptom severity. |
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