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      A paradigm change to inform fibromyalgia research priorities by engaging patients and health care professionals

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          ABSTRACT

          Background: Research objectives should be focused toward advancing knowledge that has meaningful impact on health. However, research agendas are mostly driven by the health care community, with limited input from patients.

          Aims: In this study, prioirities of uncertainties for the management of fibromyalgia (FM) that could propel future research were identified by a defined process using the James Lind Alliance Priority Setting Partnership (JLA-PSP) methodology.

          Methods: As a first step, a survey was distributed across Canada that engaged patients, caregivers, and health care professionals to provide narrative input to eight open-ended questions regarding FM care. Responses were thematically condensed and synthesized into an initial list of 43 uncertainties used to guide a comprehensive literature search. Questions already effectively addressed in the literature were excluded, leaving 25 uncertainties that were ranked during a one-day consensus workshop.

          Results: Three broad themes emerged: the value of personalized targeted treatment and subgrouping of patients; the efficacy of various self-management strategies and educational initiatives; and identification of the ideal health care setting to provide FM care. Opioids and cannabinoids were the only specific pharmacologic interventions ranked as needing further research.

          Conclusions: The prioritized questions highlight the importance of recognizing the heterogeneity of FM symptoms, the need for a personalized treatment approach, and a better understanding of the value of self-management strategies. This is the first study that uses an established and transparent methodology to engage all FM stakeholders to help inform researchers and funding bodies of clinically relevant research priorities.

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          Contexte: Les objectifs en matière de recherche devraient se concentrer sur l’avancement des connaissances qui ont des effets significatifs sur la santé. Toutefois, les programmes de recherche sont surtout définis par le milieu des soins de santé, tandis que la contribution des patients demeure limitée.

          Objectifs: Dans cette étude, les incertitudes prioritaires pour la prise en charge de la fibromylagie, qui pourraient donner lieu à de futures études, ont été déterminées selon un processus fondé sur la méthodologie du Partenariat d’établissement des priorités de la James Lind Alliance.

          Méthodes: Comme première étape, une enquête a été distribuée partout au Canada auprès de patients, de prestataires de soins et de professionnels de la santé afin d’obtenir leurs réponses sous forme narrative à huit questions ouvertes concernant les soins relatifs à la fibromyalgie. Les réponses ont été regroupées par thèmes et résumées dans une liste initiale de 43 incertitudes qui a été utilisée pour orienter une recherche exhaustive de la littérature. Les questions déjà abordées de manière efficace dans la littérature ont été exclues, tandis que les 25 incertitudes restantes ont été classées dans le cadre d’un atelier de recherche de consensus d’une journée.

          Résultats: Trois grands thèmes se sont démarqués : l’utilité des traitements ciblés personnalisés et de la division des patients en sous-groupes; l’efficacité de diverses stratégies d’auto-prises en charge et initiatives éducatives; et la détermination du cadre de soins de santé idéal pour dispenser les soins relatifs à la fibromyalgie.

          Conclusions: Les questions priorisées soulignent l’importance de reconnaître l’hétérogénéité des symptômes de la fibromyalgie, la nécessité d’une approche de traitement personnalisé et une meilleure compréhension de l’utilité des stratégies d’auto-prise en charge. Il s’agit de la première étude à utiliser une méthodologie établie et transparente pour impliquer toutes les parties concernées par la fibromyalgie pour aider à faire connaître aux chercheurs et aux agences de financement les priorités pertinentes sur le plan clinique.

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          The provisional criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 2010 and the 2011 self-report modification for survey and clinical research are widely used for fibromyalgia diagnosis. To determine the validity, usefulness, potential problems, and modifications required for the criteria, we assessed multiple research reports published in 2010-2016 in order to provide a 2016 update to the criteria.
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              Fibromyalgia criteria and severity scales for clinical and epidemiological studies: a modification of the ACR Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia.

              To develop a fibromyalgia (FM) survey questionnaire for epidemiologic and clinical studies using a modification of the 2010 American College of Rheumatology Preliminary Diagnostic Criteria for Fibromyalgia (ACR 2010). We also created a new FM symptom scale to further characterize FM severity. The ACR 2010 consists of 2 scales, the Widespread Pain Index (WPI) and the Symptom Severity (SS) scale. We modified these ACR 2010 criteria by eliminating the physician's estimate of the extent of somatic symptoms and substituting the sum of 3 specific self-reported symptoms. We also created a 0-31 FM Symptom scale (FS) by adding the WPI to the modified SS scale. We administered the questionnaire to 729 patients previously diagnosed with FM, 845 with osteoarthritis (OA) or with other noninflammatory rheumatic conditions, 439 with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), and 5210 with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The modified ACR 2010 criteria were satisfied by 60% with a prior diagnosis of FM, 21.1% with RA, 16.8% with OA, and 36.7% with SLE. The criteria properly identified diagnostic groups based on FM severity variables. An FS score ≥ 13 best separated criteria+ and criteria- patients, classifying 93.0% correctly, with a sensitivity of 96.6% and a specificity of 91.8% in the study population. A modification to the ACR 2010 criteria will allow their use in epidemiologic and clinical studies without the requirement for an examiner. The criteria are simple to use and administer, but they are not to be used for self-diagnosis. The FS may have wide utility beyond the bounds of FM, including substitution for widespread pain in epidemiological studies.
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                Journal
                Can J Pain
                Can J Pain
                Canadian Journal of Pain
                Taylor & Francis
                2474-0527
                23 October 2017
                2017
                23 October 2017
                : 1
                : 1
                : 137-147
                Affiliations
                [a ]Division of Rheumatology and Alan Edwards Pain Management Unit, McGill University Health Centre , Montreal, QC, Canada
                [b ]Riverview, NB, Canada
                [c ]Kitchener, ON, Canada
                [d ]Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University , Kingston, Canada
                [e ]Seabright, NS, Canada
                [f ]Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba , Winnipeg, Canada
                [g ]Department of Internal Medicine 1, Klinikum Saarbrücken , Saarbrücken, Germany
                [h ]Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität München , Munich, Germany
                [i ]James Lind Alliance , London, England
                [j ]Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto and Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto , Toronto, ON, Canada
                [k ]Terrasse-Vaudreuil, QC
                [l ]APAS Laboratory , Montréal, QC, Canada
                [m ]Canadian Institutes for Health Research, Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis , Winnipeg, MB, Canada
                [n ]Department of Pharmacy, London Health Sciences Centre , London, ON, Canada
                [o ]Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia , Kelowna, BC, Canada
                Author notes
                CONTACT Mary-Ann Fitzcharles mary-ann.fitzcharles@ 123456muhc.mcgill.ca Montreal General Hospital, McGill University Health Centre , 1650 Cedar Ave., Montreal, QC H3G 1A4, Canada.
                Article
                1374820
                10.1080/24740527.2017.1374820
                8730558
                35005349
                589c1a51-b051-4657-a610-6251684a2c48
                © 2017 Mary-Ann Fitzcharles, Mary Brachaniec, Lynn Cooper, Ruth Dubin, Trudy Flynn, Kerstin Gerhold, Winfried Häuser, Katherine Cowan, Andreas Laupacis, Renee Marleau, Marc Milot, Nicole Szajcz-Keller, Janice Sumpton, Zach Walsh and Hani El-Gabalawy. Published with license by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.

                This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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