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Comment
. 2021 Jan 5;60(1):465-467.
doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa738.

Living with fibromyalgia during the COVID-19 pandemic: mixed effects of prolonged lockdown on the well-being of patients

Giulio Cavalli  1   2 , Adriana Cariddi  2 , Jacopo Ferrari  1 , Barbara Suzzi  3 , Alessandro Tomelleri  1   2 , Corrado Campochiaro  2 , Giacomo De Luca  2 , Elena Baldissera  2 , Lorenzo Dagna  1   2
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Living with fibromyalgia during the COVID-19 pandemic: mixed effects of prolonged lockdown on the well-being of patients

Giulio Cavalli et al. Rheumatology (Oxford). .
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Fig. 1
Effects of restraints during the COVID-19 pandemic on self-assessed outcomes in patients with FM (A) FIQR assessment of patients before and after the lockdown period. (B) Change in FIQR assessment after lockdown in individual patients. Data is expressed as Log2 of fold change (FIQR assessment after lockdown/FIQR assessment before lockdown) of numerical data shown in (A); values >1 and <1 after lockdown indicate a perceived worsening or improvement in clinical status, respectively. (C) Pie charts of self-reported reasons for worsening (top, N = 21) and improvement (bottom, N = 11). COVID-19: coronavirus disease 2019; FIQR: Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire.
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