title: Health anxiety and depression in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate health anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS).
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with FMS and healthy control subjects were recruited. All participants completed the Health Anxiety Inventory Short Form (HAI-SF) and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI). Pain was assessed in patients with FMS using the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS).
  
  
  RESULTS
  This study involved 95 patients with FMS (15 male) and 95 healthy controls (17 male). Mean ± SD HAI-SF and BDI scores were significantly higher in patients with FMS = than in controls=. HAI-SF scores were 23.50 ± 10.78 and 9.38 ± 4.24 respectively; BDI scores were 18.64 ± 10.11 and 6.21 ± 4.05 respectively. There were highly significant correlations between FIQ and HAI-SF, FIQ and BDI, and HAI-SF and BDI.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with FMS had significantly higher HAI-SF and BDI scores than healthy controls. Psychiatric support is essential for patients with FMS. Treatment should include biological, psychological and social approaches.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Bozok University Medical School, Yozgat, Turkey drmehmetucar@msn.com.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Yozgat State Hospital, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ümit
authors.initials: Ü
authors.lastname: Sarp
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Yozgat State Hospital, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Özgül
authors.initials: Ö
authors.lastname: Karaaslan
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Bozok University Medical School, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ali Irfan
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Gül
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Bozok University Medical School, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Nermin
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanik
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Yozgat State Hospital, Yozgat, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Onur
authors.initials: HO
authors.lastname: Arik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003710:Demography; D003863:Depression / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D006262:Health; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013577:Syndrome
keywords: Health anxiety; chronic pain; depression; fibromyalgia syndrome