@article{ref1,
title="Fibromyalgia and working ability - Experience of a rheumatological appreciation center",
journal="Praxis",
year="2004",
author="Van Linthoudt, D.",
volume="93",
number="31-32",
pages="1235-1239",
abstract="Fibromyalgia is a painful syndrome frequently leading to a rheumatological expertise. Between January 1998 and August 2003, 260 medical appraisals were carried out in the department. Forty-three people matched the fibromyalgia classification criteria proposed by the American College of Rheumatology. This number represents a twofold increase compared to the period ranging from 1968 to 1997. One quarter were men. The group of people with fibromyalgia (Exp. FM+) was compared with a group of patients undergoing a similar evaluation without fibromyalgia (Exp. FM-), matched for age and sex. There were no differences concerning the demographic characteristics nor increase in obesity, heart rate or decreased blood pressure in the Exp. FM+ group. In people mentioning back pain, Waddell tests for a non organic origin of the pain tended to be more present in this group. There were no more triggering events, heavy labor workers or a decreased education level in the Exp. FM+ group. Fatigue, sadness, irritability and evocation of suicide were more frequently noted in the fibromyalgia group. People with work disablement higher than 50% were no more numerous in the Exp. FM+ group. Similarly, the working ability level in the last job or in an appropriated job was not decreased in the Exp. FM+ group. In this study, comparison between people with and without fibromyalgia yielded no great differences and working ability was regarded to be equivalent. © Verlag Hans Huber, 2004.<p /><p>Language: fr</p>",
language="fr",
issn="1661-8157",
doi="10.1024/0369-8394.93.31.1235",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0369-8394.93.31.1235"
}