Chronic widespread musculoskeletal pain with or without @entity239 : XXXX in a representative community adult sample.

@entity239 @entity308 @entity458 @entity148 @entity158 @entity717
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the severity of @entity308 , @entity148 , and other symptoms of @entity458 in a representative general population sample of @entity239 ( @entity239 ) cases (FC) compared to @entity158 controls (PC), and to identify strong correlates of @entity308 and @entity148 . METHODS: We compared the severity of @entity308 , @entity148 , and other symptoms of @entity458 between 2 representative community samples: (1) 74 confirmed FC, and (2) 48 adults with chronic @entity158 (PC) who did not meet the 1990 ACR criteria for @entity239 . Psychological distress was measured using the Centre for Epidemiological Studies @entity308 (CES-D) Scale, the State-Trait @entity148 Inventory (STAI), and other measures of @entity458 from the literature. Using cutoff scores for CES-D and trait @entity148 , we compared demographic and clinical characteristics in those above and below each cutoff score. Simple linear regression was performed to identify factors strongly and independently correlated with @entity308 and trait @entity148 . RESULTS: Compared to PC, FC were more symptomatic on virtually all measures of @entity458 . Similarly, individuals who scored above cutoff scores for @entity308 and @entity148 had more physical symptoms and had poorer function than those below. @entity308 and trait @entity148 were highly correlated (r = 0.86). In a simple regression model, the best predictors for both @entity308 and trait @entity148 were the total number of symptoms and a @entity717 score. CONCLUSION: @entity308 and @entity148 are common and frequently severe even among community cases of @entity239 .
