In article <[log in to unmask]>, dated Sat, 3 Oct 1998 at
18:57:05, [log in to unmask] writes
>Recently in an APA abstract: Chronic pain patients were compared and
>categorized. Patients who have Rheumatoid Arthritis were compared to patients
>who have Fibromyalgia. 30% of the patients with RA demonstrated severe
>psychological disorders compared to 88% of patients with Fibro. Amazing. Any
>comments about this?
It is unwise to comment on these type of statistics without reading the
full paper and here we don't even have the abstract. I am inclined to
suspect that a figure of 88% of Fibromyalgia patients also suffering
from "severe psychological disorders" is somewhat skewed.
Chris
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