Validation of the fibromyalgia survey questionnaire within a cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Häuser, Winfried ^a,b   Jung, Eva ^a,b   Erbslöh Möller, Brigitte ^c   Gesmann, Mechthild ^d   Kühn Becker, Hedi ^d   Petermann, Franz ^e   Langhorst, Jost ^f   Weiss, Thomas ^g   Winkelmann, Andreas ^h   Wolfe, Frederick ^i,j  

^a KLINIKUM SAARBRÜCKEN   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Rheumatology Medical Practice   (Germany)

^d Psychosomatic Medicine and Pain Therapy Medical Practice   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^f KLINIKEN ESSEN MITTE   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^h LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

ⁱ NATIONAL DATA BANK FOR RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONVERGENT VALIDITY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; FIBROMYALGIA SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 4; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOMATIC SEVERITY SCORE; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDITY; WIDESPREAD PAIN INDEX;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861476244     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0037504     Document Type: Article

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