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FIBROMYALGIA IMPACT QUESTIONNAIRE (FIQ)
 

 
  The Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) was developed in the late 1980s by Drs Burckhardt CS, Clark SR, Bennett RM at Oregon Health & Science University, in an attempt to capture the total spectrum of problems related to fibromyalgia and the responses to therapy. It was first published in 1991 and since that time has been extensively used as an index of therapeutic efficacy. The original questionnaire was modified in 1997 and 2002, to reflect ongoing experience with the instrument and to clarify the scoring system.  It is scored from 0 to 100 with the latter number being the worst case. The average score for fibromyalgia patients seen in tertiary care settings is about 55.

The FIQ is widely used to assess change in fibromyalgia status and has been translated into 13 languages:
Czech (Czech Republic), Dutch (The Netherlands), French (France, Canada), German (Germany), Hebrew (Israel), Italian (Italy), Korean (Korea), Polish (Poland), Romanian (Romania), Spanish (Argentina, Spain), Swedish (Sweden), Turkish (Turkey).

Academic and Clinical Use
The FIQ is free for academic and clinical use . You may obtain an on-line license to use the FIQ by registering at Academic and Clinical License.

Commercial Use
The
FIQ is licensed by the Mapi Research Trust on behalf of the copyright holders. If you wish to use the FIQ in commercial ventures, or obtain a translated version of the FIQ, please contact Mapi Research Trust: trust@mapi.fr

The FIQR

As of 2009 the FIQ has been superseded by the FIQR

FIQ Translations
If you wish to obtain translated versions of the FIQ, please contact Mapi Research Trust: trust@mapi.fr

  FIQR

  FIQ (version 2.1))

  Scoring for FIQ (version 2.1)

  A list of FIQ References with Abstracts

  A review of the FIQ and its development (Bennett)

  An historical and methodological overview of the FIQ (Burckhardt)

 

   
     

 
 

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