title: Brief, self-report fibromyalgia screener evaluated in a sample of chronic pain patients.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To validate a self-report fibromyalgia screener in a chronic pain population.
  
  
  METHODS
  Adults with chronic pain were evaluated with a six-item, self-report fibromyalgia screening tool based on revised American College of Rheumatology (ACR) fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria, with fibromyalgia diagnosed when patients experienced chronic pain and scored ≥13 on the ACR fibromyalgia symptom severity scale. Patients were independently assigned clinical diagnoses by treating clinicians.
  
  
  METHODS
  University-based, tertiary care pain clinic.
  
  
  METHODS
  Three hundred thirty-seven mixed chronic pain patients.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Agreement between the clinical diagnosis and screener diagnosis was good (P < 0.001), with 76% sensitivity and 82% specificity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A self-administered, brief fibromyalgia screening questionnaire can effectively identify chronic pain patients who will likely have clinical fibromyalgia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. MarcusD@upmc.edu
authors.forename: Dawn A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Marcus
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bernstein
authors.forename: Kara L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Albrecht
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D059350:Chronic Pain / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D059026:Diagnostic Self Evaluation; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires