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Design of a tool for the assessment and classification of fibromyalgia limitation
Diseño de una herramienta para la valoración y clasificación de la limitación en fibromialgia
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M. Teófila Vicente-Herreroa,
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, Luisa Capdevila Garcíab, M. Victoria Ramírez Iñiguez de la Torrec
a Medicina del Trabajo, Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, Grupo Correos, Valencia, Spain
b Medicina del Trabajo y Medicina de Familia, Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, MAPFRE, Valencia, Spain
c Medicina del Trabajo, Servicio de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales, Grupo Correos, Albacete, Spain
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Received 01 June 2016. Accepted 06 February 2017
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Table 1. Assessment of personal aspects in fibromyalgia — FM-Check.
Table 2. Assessment of the clinical and therapeutic aspects in fibromyalgia — FM-Check.
Table 3. Assessment of the labor aspects in fibromyalgia — FM-Check.
Table 4. Assessment of the repercussion on the activities of daily life in fibromyalgia — FM-Check.
Table 5. Assignment of the degree of limitation according to the overall percentage.
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Abstract
Introduction

Fibromyalgia syndrome is characterized by chronic pain associated with non-specific somatic symptoms, and has a personal, social, occupational, and economic impact. The assessment is performed independently, by analyzing the clinical aspects, severity, therapies, and their effectiveness, as well as the impact on daily life activities and its effect on employment. The FM-Check tool is a subjective scale that can be helpful in jointly assessing all these aspects, and provide professional support in monitoring the patient, as well as contribute to a multidisciplinary approach.

Method

To develop FM-Check is developed by starting with the clinical history in which the variables that are going to be used are defined, and grouped into 4 blocks to which a percentage limitation rate is assigned for each variable and each block. An overall percentage limitation is then calculated for the activities in each person.

Results

The distribution of assigned percentages was: a maximum of 10% for personal appearance, 55% for clinical-therapeutic aspects, 24% for work aspects, and 10% for impact on everyday life. The limitation levels were classified according to the overall percentage obtained after assessing the patient; grade 1: an overall percentage <20%, grade 2: 20–40%, grade 3: 41–70%, and grade 4: >70%.

Conclusion

FM-Check aims to make it easier for the clinician to monitor the patient and making medical-therapeutic decisions after an overall assessment of the limitation of the fibromyalgia patient. This achieved by following a unified methodology that can compare individual developmental outcomes, as well as for conducting joint epidemiological studies.

Keywords:
Fibromyalgia
Assessment tool
Disease limitations
Disease impact
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Introducción

El síndrome fibromiálgico se caracteriza por dolor crónico asociado a sintomatología somática no específica y con las limitaciones asociadas a su impacto personal, social, laboral y económico. Su valoración se realiza de forma independiente, analizando sus aspectos clínicos, de severidad, los tratamientos y su efectividad, la repercusión en las actividades de la vida diaria y la repercusión o afectación laboral. La herramienta FM-Check es una escala subjetiva que puede ser de ayuda para valorar de forma conjunta todos estos aspectos y servir de apoyo al profesional en el seguimiento del paciente y facilitar la colaboración conjunta interprofesional.

Método

Para elaborar la FM-Check se parte de la historia clínica en la que se definen las variables que se van a utilizar agrupándolas en 4 bloques a los que se asignan porcentajes de limitación para cada variable y cada bloque, para llegar a un porcentaje global de limitación en los roles de las personas.

Resultados

La distribución de porcentajes por cada bloque es en máximos: 10% para aspectos personales, 55% para clínico-terapéuticos, 24% para laborales y 10% para repercusión en la vida diaria. En función del porcentaje global obtenido tras la valoración del paciente se asignan grados de limitación: grado 1 hasta un porcentaje global <20%, grado 2 del 20-40%, grado 3 entre el 41-70% y grado 4 >70%.

Conclusión

FM-Check pretende facilitar la labor médica en la evolución del paciente y la toma de decisiones clínico-terapéuticas tras una valoración global de la limitación del paciente con fibromialgia, siguiendo una metodología unificada que permita comparar resultados evolutivos individuales y la realización de estudios epidemiológicos colectivos.

Palabras clave:
Fibromialgia
Herramienta de valoración
Limitaciones de las enfermedades
Impacto de las enfermedades

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