Employment and quality of life outcomes among women with fibromyalgia compared to healthy controls

Women and Health

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1-19

  Reisine, Susan ^a   Fifield, Judith ^b   Walsh, Stephen ^b   Dauser, Deborah ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Employment; Fibromyalgia; Quality of life; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; TELEPHONE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 10944251585     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v39n04_01     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Bernand AL, Prince A, Esdall P. (2000). Quality of life issues for fibromyalgia patients. Arthritis Care Res. 13, 42-50.
2. Boissevain M, McCain G. (1990). Toward an integrated understanding of fibromyalgia syndrome II: Psychological and phenomenological aspects. Pain. 45, 239-248.
3. Burckhardt CS, Clark SR, Bennett RM. (1993). Fibromyalgia and quality of life; A comparative analysis. J Rheumatol. 20, 475-9.
4. Callahan LF, Smith WJ, Pincus T. (1989). Self report questionnaires in five rheumatic diseases. Comparisons of health status constructs and associations with formal education. Arthritis Care Res. 2, 122-31.
5. Carmona L, Ballina J, Gabriel R, Laffon A. (2001). The burden of musculoskeletal diseases in the general population of Spain: Results from a national survey. Ann Rheum Dis. 60, 1040.
6. Cathey MA, Wolfe F, Kleinheksel SM, Hawley DJ. (1986). Socioeconomic impact of fibrositis. A study of 81 patients with primary fibrositis. A J Med. 81, 78-84.
7. Epstein SA, et al. (1999). Psychiatric disorders in patients with fibromyalgia. A multi-center investigation. Psychosomatics. 40, 57-63.
8. Felson DT, Goldenberg DL. (1986). The natural history of fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum. 29, 1522-6.
9. Fillingham RB. (2003). Hyperalgesia versus response bias in fibromyalgia. Pain 105, 385-6.
10. Goldenberg D, Mossey C, Schmid C. (1995). A model to assess severity and impact of fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol. 22, 2313-8.
11. Greenfield S, Fitzcharles MA, Esdaile JM. (1992). Reactive primary fibromyalgia syndrome. Arthritis Rheum. 35, 678-81.
12. Hawley KJ, Wolfe F, Cathey MA. (1988). Pain, functional disability, and psychological status. A 12 month study of severity in fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol. 15, 1551-6.
13. Haywood KL, Garratt AM, Dziedzic K, Dawes PT. (2002). Generic measures of health-related quality of life in ankylosing spondylitis: Reliability, validity and responsiveness. Rheumatol (Oxford). 41, 1380-7.
14. Henriksson CM. (1994). Long-term effects of fibromyalgia on everyday life. A study of 56 patients. Scand J Rheumatol. 23, 36-41.
15. Henriksson KG. (2003). Fibromyalgia-from syndrome to disease-Overview of pathogenetic mechanisms. J Rehab Med (Suppl 41) 89-94.
16. Hibbard JH, Pope CR. (1992). Women's employment, social support, and mortality. Women Hlth. 18, 119-33.
17. Krantz G, Ostergren P-O. (2000). Common symptoms in middle aged women: Their relation to employment status, psychosocial work conditions and social support in a Swedish setting. J Epidemiol Community Health. 54, 192-9.
18. Ledingham J, Doherty S, Doherty M. (1993). Primary fibromyalgia syndrome - An outcome study. Br J Rheumatol. 32, 139-42.
19. Leiedberg GM, Henriksson CM. (2002). Factors of importance for work disability in women with fibromyalgia: An interview study. Arthritis Rheum (Arthritis Care Res). 47, 266-74.
20. Mead H, Witkowski K, Gualt B, Hartman H. (2001). The influence of income, education and work status on women's well being. Women's Health Issues. 11, 160-72.
21. Nathanson CA. (1980). Social Roles and health status among women: The significance of employment. Soc Sci Med. 14a, 463-71.
22. Noor NM. (1995). Work and family roles in relation to women's well being: A longitudinal study. Br J Soc Psychol. 34, 87-106.
23. Rao JNK, Wu CFJ. (1988). Re-sampling inference with complex survey data. Journal of the American Statistical Association. 83, 231-41.
24. Reisine S, Fifield J, Walsh S, Feinn R. (2003). Does employment and family work affect the health status of women with fibromyalgia? J Rheumatol. 30, 2045-53.
25. Ross C, Mirowsky J. (1987). Does employment affect health? J Hlth Soc Behav. 36, 230-43.
26. Turk DC, Manarch ES, Williams AD. (2002). Psychological evaluation of patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia: A comprehensive approach. Rheum Dis Clin North Am. 28, 219-33.
27. U.S. Census Bureau, Administrative and Customer Services Division, Statistical Compendia Branch, Last Revised: December 04, 2003.
28. Vancouver Fibromyalgia Consensus Group and the Physical Medicine Research Foundation. (1996). The fibromyalgia syndrome: A consensus report on fibromyalgia and disability. J Rheumatol. 23, 534-9.
29. Verbrugge L. (1989). The twain meet: Empirical explanation of sex differences in health and mortality. J Hlth Soc Behav. 30, 282-304.
30. Verbrugge L, Maddens JH. (1985). Women's roles and health. Am Demograph. 7, 36-39.
31. Verbrugge L, Wingard DL. (1987). Sex differentials in health and mortality. Women Hlth. 12, 103-143.
32. Waldron I, Weiss C, Hughes ME. (1998). Interacting effects of multiple roles on women's health. J Health Soc Behav. 39, 216-36.
33. Ware JE, Kosinski M, Keller SD. (1996). A 12-item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-12): Construction of scales and preliminary tests of reliability and validity. Medical Care. 32, 220-33.
34. Ware JE, Kosinski M, Keller SD. (1998). SF-12: How to score the SF-12 Physical and Mental Health Summary Scales. Third Edition. RI: Quality Metric Incorporated.
35. Ware JE, Snow KK, Kosinski M, Grandek B. (1993). SF-26 Health Survey Manual and Interpretation Guide. Boston: The Health Institute of New England Medical Center.
36. Waylonis GW, Ronan PG, Gordon C. (1994). A profile of fibromyalgia in occupational environments. A J Phys Med Rehabil. 73, 112-5.
37. Winfield J. (2000). Psychological determinants of fibromyalgia and related syndromes. Curr Rev Pain. 4, 276-86.
38. Woods NF, Hulka BS. (1979). Symptoms reports and illness behavior among employed women and homemakers. J Comm Hlth. 5, 36-45.
39. Wolfe F, Anderson J, Harkness, D, Bennett RM, Caro, XJ, Goldenberg DL, Russell IJ, Yunus MB. (1997). Work and disability status of persons with fibromyalgia. J Rheumatol. 24, 1171-8.
40. Wolfe F, Potter J. (1996). Fibromyalgia and work disability. Rheum Dis Clin North Amer. 22, 369-91.
41. Wolfe F, Smythe H, Yunus J. (1990). The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia. Arthritis Rheum. 33, 160-72.