General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 105-107, January 2010

Axis I and Axis II psychiatric disorders in patients with fibromyalgia

  • Faruk Uguz, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +90 332 223 6837.
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  • Erdinç Çiçek, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Ali Salli, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Ali Yavuz Karahan, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • İlknur Albayrak, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Nazmiye Kaya, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selçuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey
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  • Hatice Uğurlu, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, 42080 Konya, Turkey

Received 4 June 2009; accepted 7 July 2009. published online 14 September 2009.

Abstract 

Objective

To determine the current prevalence of Axis I and Axis II psychiatric disorders in patients with fibromyalgia.

Method

The study sample includes 103 patients with fibromyalgia and 83 control subjects. Axis I and Axis II disorders were determined by structured clinical interviews.

Results

The rate of any Axis I psychiatric disorder (47.6% vs. 15.7%), major depression (14.6% vs. 4.8%), specific phobia (13.6% vs. 4.8%), any Axis II disorder (31.1% vs. 13.3%), obsessive–compulsive (23.3% vs. 3.6%) and avoidant (10.7% vs. 2.4%) personality disorders were significantly more common in the patient group compared to the control group.

Conclusion

Our results suggest that a considerable proportion of patients with fibromyalgia also present with Axis I and Axis II psychopathologies.

Keywords: Fibromyalgia, Axis I disorders, psychiatric disorder

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PII: S0163-8343(09)00136-4

doi:10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2009.07.002

General Hospital Psychiatry
Volume 32, Issue 1 , Pages 105-107, January 2010

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