Emergency service visits of fibromyalgia patients

Yıl 2014, Cilt: 5 Sayı: 4, 539 - 543, 01.12.2014

Sadiye Yolcu Özlem Balbaloğlu Nesrin Gökben Beceren Önder Tomruk

https://doi.org/10.5799/ahinjs.01.2014.04.0453

Öz

Objective: We aimed to evaluate the emergency service admission frequencies of fibromyalgia patients with their sociodemographic properties. Methods: A questionnaire form was applied to 136 fibromyalgia patients who admitted to our Physical Treatment and Rehabilitation Clinic and a control group of 132 non-fibromyalgia adult volunteers. Results: Last emergency service admission complaints (p

Anahtar Kelimeler

Fibromyalgia, emergency service, sociodemographic properties

Fibromyalji hastalarının acil servis başvuruları

Öz

Amaç: Çalışmamızda, fibromiyalji hastalarını sosyodemografik özellikleri ile birlikte değerlendirerek acil servis başvuru sıklıklarını belirlemeyi amaçladık. Yöntemler: Fizik tedavi ve rehabilitasyon polikliniğimize başvuran 136 fibromiyalji hastasına ve 132 kişilik fibromiyalji olmayan gönüllü kontrol grubuna anket formu uygulandı. Bulgular: Gruplar arasında son acil servis başvuru şikayeti (p

Anahtar Kelimeler

Fibromiyalji, acil servis, sosyodemografik özellik

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