Vanderbilt

Identification of Fibromyalgia Patients in a Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort

Fibromyalgia has been estimated to affect 12-17% of rheumatoid arthritis patients (1, 2). 

This algorithm was created to identify fibromyalgia patients in a population of rheumatoid arthritis patients. The gold standard used for diagnosis of fibromyalgia was that the treating rheumatologist made a clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia. Rheumatoid arthritis patients were identified by using a previously validated algorithm (3). 

Algorithm included the following conditions: 

Owner Phenotyping Groups: 
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