Fibromyalgia Patient Survey 2 |
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Thank you for your interest in participating in the National Fibromyalgia Association’s Fibromyalgia Patient Survey 2. This is your opportunity to make your voice count in a way that will affect millions of people affected by fibromyalgia (FM). Your participation will help us to better understand fibromyalgia, help influence the direction of future research, and help to ensure a better quality of life for people with this chronic pain illness. Participation in this research study is completely voluntary. Please read the information below before deciding if you want to participate.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of the FM Patient Survey 2 is to collect data from clinically diagnosed FM patients such as demographics (e.g., gender, age, education), sources of information, symptoms, functionality, perceived aggravating factors, perceived triggering events, healthcare utilization of management strategies, medication use, prescribing habits of FM healthcare professionals, and other important information regarding the impact of fibromyalgia in your life.
The information collected from this survey will be utilized to compare data from the same survey questions completed in 2005 by self-reported, community-residing FM patients in a non-clinical setting. The Patient Survey 2 will hopefully, not only validate the 2005 survey responses, but also identify changes, if any, in the survey responses of the 2005 non-clinical FM population to the 2010 clinical FM population relative to information on demographics, sources of information, symptoms, functionality, perceived aggravating factors, perceived triggering events, healthcare utilization of management strategies, medication use, prescribing habits of FM healthcare professionals, and other important information regarding the impact of fibromyalgia on a person’s life.
SUBJECTS
Inclusion Requirements:
You are being asked to participate in this study because you have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia by a physician from one of the pre-selected clinics participating in this research study.
Exclusion Requirements:
You will not be able to participate in this study if you (1) have not been diagnosed with fibromyalgia by a physician from one of the pre-selected clinics participating in this research study or (2) were not referred to participate in this study by one of the pre-selected clinics participating in this research study.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY
The purpose of the FM Patient Survey 2 is to collect data from clinically diagnosed FM patients such as demographics (e.g., gender, age, education), sources of information, symptoms, functionality, perceived aggravating factors, perceived triggering events, healthcare utilization of management strategies, medication use, prescribing habits of FM healthcare professionals, and other important information regarding the impact of fibromyalgia in your life.
The information collected from this survey will be utilized to compare data from the same survey questions completed in 2005 by self-reported, community-residing FM patients in a non-clinical setting. The Patient Survey 2 will hopefully, not only validate the 2005 survey responses, but also identify changes, if any, in the survey responses of the 2005 non-clinical FM population to the 2010 clinical FM population relative to information on demographics, sources of information, symptoms, functionality, perceived aggravating factors, perceived triggering events, healthcare utilization of management strategies, medication use, prescribing habits of FM healthcare professionals, and other important information regarding the impact of fibromyalgia on a person’s life.
SUBJECTS
Inclusion Requirements:
You are being asked to participate in this study because you have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia by a physician from one of the pre-selected clinics participating in this research study.
Exclusion Requirements:
You will not be able to participate in this study if you (1) have not been diagnosed with fibromyalgia by a physician from one of the pre-selected clinics participating in this research study or (2) were not referred to participate in this study by one of the pre-selected clinics participating in this research study.