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An internet survey of
2,596 people with fibromyalgia
The
National Fibromyalgia Foundation posted a comprehensive FM
orientated questionnaire on its website on Oct 15, 2005. Over
the course of 3 days 2,569 FM patients completed the
questionnaire. The results were published in the Journal of BMC
Musculoskeletal Disorders in March 2007
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This questionnaire and its execution were due to the
combined efforts of a scientific committee that was initiated
and supported by the National Fibromyalgia Association. The
following researchers and clinicians were involved in this
project:
Lynne Matallana, MS,
National Fibromyalgia Association, Orange, CA, USA
Jessie Jones, PhD California State University,
Fullerton, CA
Robert Bennett, MD Oregon Health &
Science University, Portland, OR
Dennis Turk, PhD University of Washington, Seattle,WA,
I. Jon Russell, MD, PhD The University of Texas Health Science
Center at San Antonio, TX
Richard Gevirtz, PhD, Alliant International University San
Diego, CA
Kim Jones, PhD, FNP, Oregon Health & Science University,
Portland OR
Philip Mease, MD, University of Washington, Seattle WA
Shari McMahan, PhD, California State University, Fullerton
Daniel Rooks, PhD, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel-Deaconess
Medical Center, MA
Dana Rutledge, RN, PhD, California State University, Fullerton
Stuart Silverman, MD, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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Reference:
Bennett
RM, Jones J, Turk DC, Russel IJ, Matallana L. An internet
survey of 2,596 people with fibromyalgia. BMC
Musculoskeletal Disordorders 2007 Mar 9;8(1):27)
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