OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is a direct link between quality of life and aerobic capacity among female fibromyalgia patients. DESIGN: Cross-section study. SETTING: University of León. SUBJECTS: Twenty-nine women belonging to the León Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Association. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Aerobic capacity and quality of life were measured by means of the Six-Minute Walk Test and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. Outcome measures included heart rate and rate of perceived fatigue and dypsnoea. RESULTS: The average distance walked was 432.8 (61.2) m and the total average Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire score was 47.5 (18.9). Only item 1 of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, physical function, showed any statistically significant link with the distance walked, which had no statistically significant relationship with any of the variables studied. CONCLUSION: The physical fitness of women with fibromyalgia, as determined by the Six-Minute Walk Test and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, has no direct relation with quality of life as the patients perceive it.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is a direct link between quality of life and aerobic capacity among female fibromyalgiapatients. DESIGN: Cross-section study. SETTING: University of León. SUBJECTS: Twenty-nine women belonging to the León Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Association. MAIN MEASUREMENTS: Aerobic capacity and quality of life were measured by means of the Six-Minute Walk Test and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire. Outcome measures included heart rate and rate of perceived fatigue and dypsnoea. RESULTS: The average distance walked was 432.8 (61.2) m and the total average Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire score was 47.5 (18.9). Only item 1 of the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, physical function, showed any statistically significant link with the distance walked, which had no statistically significant relationship with any of the variables studied. CONCLUSION: The physical fitness of women with fibromyalgia, as determined by the Six-Minute Walk Test and the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire, has no direct relation with quality of life as the patients perceive it.
Authors: Fernando Estévez-López; Cindy M Gray; Víctor Segura-Jiménez; Alberto Soriano-Maldonado; Inmaculada C Álvarez-Gallardo; Manuel J Arrayás-Grajera; Ana Carbonell-Baeza; Virginia A Aparicio; Manuel Delgado-Fernández; Manuel Pulido-Martos Journal: Qual Life Res Date: 2015-01-18 Impact factor: 4.147
Authors: Giorgia Varallo; Carlos Suso-Ribera; Ada Ghiggia; Marco Veneruso; Roberto Cattivelli; Anna Guerrini Usubini; Christian Franceschini; Alessandro Musetti; Giuseppe Plazzi; Jacopo Maria Fontana; Paolo Capodaglio; Gianluca Castelnuovo Journal: J Pain Res Date: 2022-09-26 Impact factor: 2.832