Table 5

Questionnaires and outcome types used in the studies selected

Type of outcome
Questionnaires

Pain (p)
McGill Pain Questionnaire [48]

Brief Pain Inventory [49]

Visual Analogue Scale [50]
Quality of life (ql)
SF-36 [51]

Quality of Life Scale (QOLS) [52]
Anxiety and depression (ad)
Beck Depression Inventory [53]

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [54]

Hamilton Depression Scale [55]

State-trait Anxiety Inventory [56]
Insomnia (i)
Visual Analog Scale [50]

Patient Global Impression [57]
Tender points (tp)
Tender Points Index [58]

Number of Tender Points according to American College of Rheumatology criteria [1]
Fatigue (f)
Visual Analog Scale [50]

Multi-dimensional Assessment of Fatigue [59]
Global Function (gf)
Visual Analog Scale [50]

Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire [60]

Clinical Global Impression of Severity [57]

Sickness Impact Profile (SIP) [61]

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