Emergency service visits of fibromyalgia patients

• Main Authors: Sadiye Yolcu, Özlem Balbaloğlu, N. Gökben Beceren, Önder Tomruk
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Modestum Publishing LTD 2014-12-01
• Series: Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigations
• Subjects: Fibromyalgia; emergency service
• Online Access: http://www.jceionline.org/upload/sayi/25/JCEI-01054.pdf

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the emergency service admission frequencies of fibromyalgia patients with their sociodemographic properties. Methods: A questionnaire form was applied to 136 fibromyalgia patients who admitted to our Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic and a control group of 132 non-fibromyalgia adult volunteers. Results: Last emergency service admission complaints (p<0.05), last emergency service admission time (p<0.05), satisfaction of last emergency visits (p<0.05) of the groups were significantly different but result of last emergency admissions (p>0.05) were not different. In the fibromyalgia group, status of working is negatively correlated with satisfaction of last emergency visit (p<0.05,r = -0.170). Number of persons at home is positively correlated with frequency of emergency visit (p<0.05, r = 0.255), frequency of outpatient clinic admission (p<0.05,r = -0,204) and result of last emergency admission (p<0.05,r = 0,224). Conclusion: Detailed evaluation of fibromyalgia patients’ symptoms and sociodemographic properties and appropriate treatment of these patients may be beneficial for decreasing their emergency service admission rates. J Clin Exp Invest 2014; 5 (4): 539-543