Key Symptom Domains to Be Assessed in Fibromyalgia (Outcome Measures in Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trials)

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 329-337

  Choy, Ernest H ^a   Mease, Philip J ^b,c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clinical trials; Core data set; Domains; Fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

DULOXETINE; MILNACIPRAN; OXYBATE SODIUM; PREGABALIN;

ANXIETY; CHRONIC PAIN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DATA MINING; DELPHI STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACE VALIDITY; FATIGUE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MORNING STIFFNESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SLEEP DISORDER; TRIGGER POINT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FIBROMYALGIA; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651238729     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2009.05.002     Document Type: Review

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