A Survey of Physicians’ Knowledge and Adherence to the Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia | Zendy

Dinesh Kumbhare | Zendy; Sara Ahmed | Zendy; Tori Sander | Zendy; Liza GrosmanRimon | Zendy; John Srbely | Zendy

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A Survey of Physicians’ Knowledge and Adherence to the Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia

Author(s) -

Dinesh Kumbhare,

Sara Ahmed,

Tori Sander,

Liza GrosmanRimon,

John Srbely

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

pain medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.893

H-Index - 97

eISSN - 1526-4637

pISSN - 1526-2375

DOI - 10.1093/pm/pnx271

Subject(s) - fibromyalgia , medicine , observational study , family medicine , knowledge translation , intraclass correlation , medline , physical therapy , psychometrics , clinical psychology , pathology , political science , horticulture , law , biology

In 2010, Wolfe et al. demonstrated poor physician use of the 1990 fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria and proposed the 2010 criteria to address physician shortcomings. No follow-up studies have investigated whether physicians are using these criteria. The purpose of this study was to provide seminal data on physician knowledge and use of the fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria.

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