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. 2011:4:325-9.
doi: 10.2147/JPR.S25490. Epub 2011 Oct 7.

Pain and other symptom severity in women with fibromyalgia and a previous hysterectomy

Ann Vincent  1 , Mary O Whipple, Connie A Luedtke, Terry H Oh, Richa Sood, Robin L Smith, Aminah Jatoi
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Pain and other symptom severity in women with fibromyalgia and a previous hysterectomy

Ann Vincent et al. J Pain Res. 2011.

Abstract

Objective: Fibromyalgia is a troubling disease characterized by chronic pain. This study explored whether pain and other fibromyalgia symptoms are worse among women who had undergone a hysterectomy with or without an oophorectomy versus those who had not.

Methods: Consecutive women who were seen at the Fibromyalgia Treatment Program at a tertiary medical center between 2001 and 2004 and who completed the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQ) and Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) at initial evaluation were included in this study.

Results: A total of 813 women were included; 328 had had a hysterectomy. Total FIQ scores from women who had had a hysterectomy were higher (worse symptoms) than those who had not (58.1 vs 56.4, P = 0.002). FIQ subscale scores of pain (P = 0.003), fatigue (P = 0.030), stiffness (P = 0.035), and depression (P = 0.008) were also worse in women who had had a hysterectomy. Similar to the FIQ, SF-36 physical component scores were worse in women who had had a hysterectomy (P = 0.045).

Conclusion: Pain and other fibromyalgia symptom severity was worse in women who had had a hysterectomy with or without an oophorectomy.

Keywords: fibromyalgia; hysterectomy; oophorectomy; surgical menopause; symptom severity.

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