Table 6.

Pearson correlation between FM symptom scale, severity scale, and FIQR and individual FIQR domains.

VariableFM Symptom Severity ScaleSeverity Scale (SS)FIQR18
All Patients
  FM Symptom Severity scale1.0000.817
  Severity scale0.8171.000
  Bodily pain (SF-36)−0.668−0.602−0.68
  Vitality – energy (SF-36)−0.647−0.723−0.53
  Social functioning (SF-36)−0.624−0.642−0.54
  General health (SF-36)−0.568−0.571−0.57
  Physical role (SF-36)−0.559−0.547−0.54
  Physical function (SF-36)−0.533−0.472−0.71
  Emotional health (SF-36)−0.499−0.577−0.46
  Emotional role (SF-36)−0.460−0.494−0.39
NDB fibromyalgia patients
  FM Symptom Severity scale1.0000.768
  Severity scale0.7681.000
  Bodily pain (SF-36)−0.636−0.560−0.68
  Vitality – energy (SF-36)−0.567−0.556−0.53
  Social functioning (SF-36)−0.563−0.649−0.54
  EQ-5D−0.554−0.550
  General health (SF-36)−0.552−0.610−0.57
  Physical role (SF-36)−0.495−0.499−0.54
  Physical function (SF-36)−0.484−0.420−0.71
  Emotional health (SF-36)−0.433−0.469−0.46
  Emotional role (SF-36)−0.420−0.500−0.39
  • FM: fibromyalgia; SF-36: Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36; FIQR: Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire Revised; EQ-5D: EuroQol health measurement instrument.