Improving the primary care physicians' decision making for fibromyalgia in clinical practice: development and validation of the Fibromyalgia Detection (FibroDetect®) screening tool

Table 3 Final discriminant model based on modified FibroDetect items

Question		Response choices	Coding
1	At least one body part of upper body ticked (head, neck, shoulders)	Yes	1
		No	0
	At least one body part of upper limb ticked (right and left arms)	Yes	1
		No	0
	At least one body part of lower limb ticked (right and left legs)	Yes	1
		No	0
2	Frequency of the pain	Every day or Almost every day	1
2	Frequency of the pain	Some days	0
3	At least 3 kinds of pain ticked ^*	Yes	1
3	At least 3 kinds of pain ticked ^*	No	0
4	Frequency of tiredness	Every day	1
4	Frequency of tiredness	Some days or Never	0
5	Impact of physical effort on tiredness	Much more tired	1
5	Impact of physical effort on tiredness	Slightly more tired or No difference	0
6	At least 7 symptoms ticked ^**	Yes	1
6	At least 7 symptoms ticked ^**	No	0
13	Extent to which patients recognize themselves in the questions being asked	Absolutely	1
13		A little or Not at all	0

*Among 8 kinds of pain: muscle aches, cramps, pins and needles, stabbing, shooting pain, burning, pulling and pain that moves from one place to another.
**Among 17 symptoms: stiffness, headaches, tiredness, tiredness on waking up, exhaustion, insomnia, disrupted or disturbed sleep, sensitive to cold or heat, sensitive to smells, sensitive to noise, sensitive to touch, problems remembering things, problems concentrating, nausea, diarrhoea, constipation and problems with urination.

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