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Self-Reported Childhood Maltreatment and Traumatic Events among Israeli Patients Suffering from Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Source :
- Pain Research and Management, Vol 2017 (2017), Pain Research & Management
- Publication Year :
- 2017
- Publisher :
- Hindawi Publishing Corporation, 2017.
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Abstract
- Objective. The association between Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS) and childhood maltreatment and adversity has frequently been proposed but limited data exists regarding the transcultural nature of this association. Methods. 75 Israeli FMS patients and 23 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients were compared. Childhood maltreatment was assessed by the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ) and potential depressive and anxiety disorders were assessed by the Patient Health Questionnaire-4. FMS severity was assessed by the Widespread Pain Index (WPI), the Symptom Severity Score (SSS), and the FIQ. PTSD was diagnosed according to the DSM IV. RA severity was assessed by the RA Disease Activity Index. Health status was assessed by the SF-36. Results. Similar to reports in other countries, high levels of self-reported childhood adversity were reported by Israeli FMS patients. PTSD was significantly more common among FMS patients compared with RA patients, as well as childhood emotional abuse and physical and emotional neglect. Levels of depression and anxiety were significantly higher among FMS patients. Conclusion. The study demonstrated the cross cultural association between FMS and childhood maltreatment, including neglect, emotional abuse, and PTSD. Significant differences were demonstrated between FMS patients and patients suffering from RA, a model of an inflammatory chronic rheumatic disease.
- Subjects :
- Child abuse
Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Fibromyalgia
Article Subject
media_common.quotation_subject
Severity of Illness Index
Neglect
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Life Change Events
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic
03 medical and health sciences
Disability Evaluation
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Severity of illness
Medicine
Humans
Child Abuse
Israel
Psychological abuse
Psychiatry
Child
Depression (differential diagnoses)
reproductive and urinary physiology
media_common
Aged
Retrospective Studies
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
lcsh:R5-920
business.industry
CTQ tree
hemic and immune systems
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Neurology
embryonic structures
Anxiety
Female
Self Report
medicine.symptom
business
lcsh:Medicine (General)
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Clinical psychology
Research Article
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 12036765
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pain Research and Management
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....bc7c0dce5169ada6d9b6ea79bf7bebad
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3865249