Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài :Evaluation of the impact of fibromyalgia on patients' sleep and the content validity of two sleep scales | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Evaluation of the impact of fibromyalgia on patients sleep and the content validity of two sleep scales Susan Martin1 Arthi Chandran 2 Laurie Zografos1 and Gergana Zlateva2 Address 1RTI Health Solutions 3040 Cornwallis Road Research Triangle Park NC 27709 USA and 2Pfizer Inc 235 East 42nd Street New York NY 10017 USA Email Susan Martin - smartin@ Arthi Chandran - Laurie Zografos - zografos@ Gergana Zlateva - Corresponding author Open Access Published 10 July 2009 Received 25 February 2009 Health and Quality ofLife Outcomes 2009 7 64 doi 1477-7525-7-64 Accepted 10 July 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 64 2009 Martin et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Disturbed sleep is commonly reported in fibromyalgia FM . Both the Sleep Quality Numeric Rating Scale NRS and the Medical Outcomes Study Sleep Scale MOS-Sleep have demonstrated positive psychometric properties in patients with FM. However these assessments were developed prior to the current recommendation to include patient input during the concept elicitation or item generation phases. Therefore the objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of FM on participants including their sleep and to test the content validity of these two sleep measures in FM patients. Methods Qualitative interviews were conducted in Raleigh North Carolina and Detroit Michigan with 20 adults who reported a physician diagnosis of FM. Sixteen participants were female 13 were white and the average age was 50 years. Two researchers conducted all interviews using a structured guide. Results .
