Table 1.

Patients' characteristics

Informants	Gender	Age	Length of time since the onset of the symptoms	Length of time since the FM diagnosis
1	Woman	45	4 and a half years	4 years
2	Woman	51	1 and a half years	1 and a half years
3	Woman	55	15 months	8 months
4	Woman	46	8 years	7 years
5	Woman	46	2 years	2 years
6	Woman	50	1 and a half years	1 year
7	Woman	51	8 years	5 years
8	Woman	65	2 years	1 and a half years
9	Woman	38	3 years	1 month
10	Woman	65	30 years	15 years
11	Woman	52	2 years	2 years
12	Woman	27	4 years	3 years
13	Woman	35	4 years	1 and a half years
14	Woman	39	5 years	3 years
15	Woman	54	8 years	2 years
16	Woman	43	2 years	1 and a half years
17	Woman	28	2 years	1 and a half years
18	Woman	65	20 years	10 years
19	Woman	70	7 years	3 years
20	Woman	68	4 years	2 and a half years
21	Woman	25	3 and a half years	2 years
22	Woman	43	4 years	1 and a half years
23	Woman	42	2 years	1 day
24	Woman	31	2 years	2 years
25	Woman	38	1 year	6 months
26	Woman	61	6 months	2 days
27	Woman	62	5 years	1 day
28	Man	42	8 years	7 years
29	Man	66	8 years	6 years
30	Man	58	8 years	3 years
31	Woman	49	1 year	6 months
32	Woman	57	3 years	1 year
33	Woman	56	4 years	2 months
34	Woman	43	2 years	1 week
35	Woman	53	1 and a half years	2 days