Quality of life, pain, depression, fatigue and sleep in patients with remission or mild fibromyalgia: a comparison with remission or low disease activity rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controls.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Fibromyalgia is a chronic condition marked by widespread pain and various accompanying symptoms. Compared to healthy individuals and other rheumatic disease patients, it leads to more severe symptoms and a lower quality of life. Whether fibromyalgia patients in a mild activity or remission stage still experience core symptoms remains unclear.

Objective

To compare the severity of clinical symptoms and quality of life (QOL) in patients with remission or mild fibromyalgia (RFM) and remission or low disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis (RRA) patients and healthy controls (HCs) to investigate whether fibromyalgia in a stable stage can be disease-free.

Methods

This cross-sectional study evaluated a total of 266 RFM and 252 RRA patients and 50 HCs using Revise

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11748599 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature