New guidelines for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia

Roberto E Heymann; Eduardo S Paiva; José Eduardo Martinez; Milton Helfenstein Jr; Marcelo C Rezende; Jose Roberto Provenza; Aline Ranzolin; Marcos Renato de Assis; Daniel P Feldman; Luiz Severiano Ribeiro; Eduardo J R Souza

doi:10.1016/j.rbre.2017.07.002

New guidelines for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia

Rev Bras Reumatol Engl Ed. 2017:57 Suppl 2:467-476. doi: 10.1016/j.rbre.2017.07.002. Epub 2017 Aug 8.

[Article in English, Portuguese]

Affiliations

¹ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil.
³ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo, Sorocaba, SP, Brazil.
⁴ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Universidade Federal do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
⁵ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Santa Casa de Campo Grande, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil.
⁶ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brazil.
⁷ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Hospital das Clínicas de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil.
⁸ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Faculdade de Medicina de Marília, Marília, SP, Brazil.
⁹ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Hospital do Servidor Público de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
¹⁰ Sociedade Brasileira de Reumatologia, Brazil; Santa Casa de Belo Horizonte, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.

PMID: 28800969
DOI: 10.1016/j.rbre.2017.07.002

Abstract

Objective: To establish guidelines based on scientific evidence for the diagnosis of fibromyalgia.

Material and methods: Evidence collection was performed based on 9 questions regarding the diagnosis of fibromyalgia, structured using the Patient, Intervention or Indicator, Comparison and Outcome (P.I.C.O.), with searches in the main, primary databases of scientific information. After defining the potential studies to support the recommendations, they were graded according to evidence and degree of recommendation.

Keywords: Critérios diagnósticos; Diagnosis; Diagnostic criteria; Diagnóstico; Diretrizes; Dor; Fibromialgia; Fibromyalgia; Guidelines; Pain.

Publication types

Practice Guideline

MeSH terms

Brazil
Evidence-Based Medicine
Fibromyalgia / diagnosis*
Humans
Rheumatology
Societies, Medical