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The Prevalence of Psychiatric and Chronic Pain Comorbidities in Fibromyalgia: an ACTTION systematic review
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Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic widespread pain condition that overlaps with multiple comorbid health conditions and contributes to considerable patient distress. The aim of this review was to provide a systematic overview of psychiatric and chronic pain comorbidities among patients diagnosed with FM and to inform the development of recommendations for the design of clinical trials. Thirty-one, cross-sectional, clinical epidemiology studies that evaluated patients diagnosed with FM were included for review. None of the reviewed studies reported on the incidence of these comorbidities. Sample size-weighted prevalence estimates were calculated when prevalence data were reported in 2 or more studies for the same comorbid condition. The most prevalent comorbidity across all studies reviewed was depression/major depressive disorder (MDD) with over half of the patients included having this diagnosis in their lifetime (weighted prevalence up to 63%). In addition, nearly one-third of FM patients examined had current or lifetime bipolar disorder, panic disorder, or post-traumatic stress disorder. Less common psychiatric disorders reported included generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, and specific phobias (agoraphobia, social phobia). There were fewer studies that examined chronic pain comorbidities among FM patients, but when evaluated, prevalence was also high ranging from 39% to 76% (i.e., chronic tension-type or migraine headache, irritable bowel syndrome, myofascial pain syndrome, and temporomandibular disorders). The results of the review suggest that depression and chronic pain conditions involving head/jaw pain and IBS were elevated among FM patients compared to other conditions in the clinic-based studies. In contrast, anxiety-related disorders were much less common. Addressing the presence of these comorbid health conditions in clinical trials of treatments for FM would increase the generalizability and real-world applicability of FM research.
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“A recent review indicates that depression/major depressive disorder is considered the most prevalent psychiatric comorbidity in this population, noting that more than half of the patients with fibromyalgia (weighted prevalence up to 63%) have received this diagnosis throughout their lives.”
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- Kleykamp, B. A., Ferguson, M. C., McNicol, E., Bixho, I., Arnold, L. M., Edwards, R. R., Fillingim, R., Grol-Prokopczyk, H., Turk, D. C., & Dworkin, R. H.
- Affiliations
- University of Rochester Medicine (US)
- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (US)
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (US)
- University of Cincinnati (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of Florida (US)
- University at Buffalo, State University of New York (US)
- University of Washington (US)
- Corresponding author
- Kleykamp, Bethea A.
- ORCID
- Venue
- Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2021-02
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 166-174
- ISSN
- 0049-0172 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3118172474
- Cited by
- 202
- References
- 70
- Citations by year
- 2026: 28 · 2025: 47 · 2024: 39 · 2023: 39 · 2022: 39 · 2021: 9
- FWCI
- 3.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- Locations
- Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- SPARK (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
- Funders
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Psychosomatic Disorders and Their Treatments
- Health Sciences › Health Professions › Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation › Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
- Keywords
- fibromyalgia, psychiatric comorbidity, chronic pain comorbidity, depression, major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, panic disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, irritable bowel syndrome, tension-type headache, migraine, myofascial pain syndrome, temporomandibular disorders, prevalence, clinical trial design
- MeSH terms
- Cross-Sectional Studies, Major Depressive Disorder, Fibromyalgia, Humans, Comorbidity, Prevalence, Chronic Pain
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