Author(s)
Purpose
- Pathology:
Musculoskeletal diseases
Nervous system diseases
- Disease:
Fibromyalgia
- Objective:
Screening tool developed for the detection of fibromyalgia syndrome in patients with diffuse chronic pain
- Population for intended use:
Adult
Characteristics
- Type of instrument:
Signs and symptoms
- Administration mode:
Self-administered
- Number of items:
6
- Recall/Observation period:
For the past 3 months at least
Language(s)
- Original language:
English for the UK
French for France
- List of existing translations:
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Bibliographic reference(s) of the original questionnaire
Perrot S, Bouhassira D, Fermanian J. Development and validation of the Fibromyalgia Rapid Screening Tool (FiRST). Pain. 2010 Aug;150(2):250-6 (PubMed abstract)
Last update: April 2012
Last update in collaboration with the author: March 2011

Developed in 2010