Food intake assessment and quality of life in women with fibromyalgia.
OBJECTIVE
To compare the food intake of women with and without fibromyalgia and verify if the food intake of patients with fibromyalgia interferes with the pain and quality of life.


METHODS
Study participants were women with fibromyalgia (FM) seen in Fibromyalgia Outpatient Clinic, Hospital das Clínicas/UFPR and a control group (CT) with healthy women. Data collection was conducted from March to October 2012. For the assessment of food intake we used the Food Registration and the analyzed items were total calories, carbohydrates, proteins, lipids, vitamins (A, C, B12, D and E) and minerals (folate, selenium, zinc, iron, calcium and magnesium). The software used was Avanutri Online(®). To evaluate the quality of life, the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and pain threshold were used.


RESULTS
43 patients with FM and 44 healthy women were evaluated. CT group showed a mean consumption of nutrients greater than FM group except for iron. However, only caloric intake, carbohydrates, proteins and lipids in grams and percentage of lipids, vitamin A, E, B12, folate, selenium and calcium were statistically significant. In FM group, there was a negative correlation between vitamin E and FIQ and a positive correlation between percentage of protein and pain threshold.


CONCLUSIONS
Women with FM showed a lower qualitative and quantitative intake in comparison with CT group. Only vitamin E correlated with quality of life and percentage of protein in the diet with sensation of pain.
Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil. Electronic address: emmanuelle_batista@yahoo.com.
Emmanuelle Dias
ED
Batista
Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Aline
A
Andretta
Post-Graduate Program on Food and Nutrition Security, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Renata Costa
RC
de Miranda
Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Jéssica
J
Nehring
Hospital de Clínicas, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Eduardo
E
Dos Santos Paiva
Post-Graduate Program on Food and Nutrition Security, Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
Maria Eliana Madalozzo
ME
Schieferdecker
D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004032:Diet; D005260:Female; D005356:Fibromyalgia / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017288:Pain Threshold; D011788:Quality of Life; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
Dor; Fibromialgia; Fibromyalgia; Food intake; Food registration; Ingestão alimentar; Pain; Qualidade de vida; Quality of life; Registro alimentar