title: Psychological symptoms in primary fibromyalgia syndrome: relationship to pain, life stress, and sleep disturbance.
abstract: Twenty-five subjects with primary fibromyalgia syndrome and 22 subjects with rheumatoid arthritis were compared on measures of psychological distress, pain, health status, life stress, sleep disturbance, and coping strategies. Higher levels of psychological distress were found in the primary fibromyalgia syndrome group, but the degree of life stress was shown to be a significant covariate.
authors.affiliation: Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital, Columbia, Missouri.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Uveges
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Smarr
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: McGowan
authors.forename: M G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Lyon
authors.forename: W S
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Irvin
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: S P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Buckelew
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Delmonico
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D012890:Sleep; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000523:psychology*; D013577:Syndrome