1. Prevalence of Juvenile Fibromyalgia Syndrome Among Children and Adolescents and its Relationship With Academic Success, Depression and Quality of Life, Çorum Province, Turkey
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Fusun Sahin, Ayla Cagliyan Turk, and [Belirlenecek]
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Children’s Depression Scale ,Significant negative correlation ,0302 clinical medicine ,Quality of life ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,sleep disorder ,emotionality ,education.field_of_study ,child ,Depression ,anxiety ,academic achievement ,Fibromyalgia syndrome ,female ,Anxiety ,fibromyalgia ,Original Article ,medicine.symptom ,School absenteeism ,Population ,school attendance ,School success ,Article ,03 medical and health sciences ,Rheumatology ,male ,chronic daily headache ,medicine ,Juvenile ,cross-sectional study ,controlled study ,human ,education ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory ,irritable colon ,Juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome ,business.industry ,questionnaire ,[No Keywords] ,scoring system ,social interaction ,school child ,major clinical study ,body mass ,age ,adolescent ,randomized controlled trial ,fatigue ,business ,Demography - Abstract
Objectives: This study aims to determine the frequency of juvenile fibromyalgia syndrome (JFMS) among children and adolescents in Çorum Province, Turkey, and its impact by comparing the levels of academic success, depression and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with and without JFMS. Patients and methods: This was a cross-sectional study on 476 children and adolescents (245 boys, 231 girls; mean age 13.81±2.3 years; range, 9 to 17 years). The control group (non-JFMS group) consisted of 105 age-and sex-matched healthy participants (75 girls, 30 boys; mean age 14.1±1.8 years; range; 9 to 17 years). Participants’ sociodemographic data, parental information, and school achievement in addition to data on chronic illness and drug use were collected via questionnaires (depression and QoL). A tender point (TP) examination was performed on each participant. Results: Thirty-five (7.35%) of the participants (girls, n=25; boys, n=10) were diagnosed with JFMS. The number of minor JFMS diagnostic criteria, number of TPs, depression level and number of days the participants were absent from school were significantly higher in the JFMS group compared with the non-JFMS group (p
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- 2020