Table II.
Comparison of FHSQ scores of the total sample, women with fibromyalgia and healthy matched women with normalized reference values
| Variable | Total group Median ± IR n = 208 |
Fibromyalgia Median ± IR n = 104 |
Healthy controls Median ± IR n = 104 |
Mann-Whitney U P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foot pain | 48.12 ±49.38 (0–100) |
35.62 ±25.00 (0–90) |
76.50 ±34.00 (0–100) |
< 0.001 |
| Foot function | 59.37 ±57.00 (0–100) |
37.50 ±37.50 (0–100) |
88.00 ±31.00 (0–100) |
< 0.001 |
| Footwear | 25.00 ±50.00 (0–100) |
00.00 ±41.67 (0–100) |
42.00 ±43.67 (0–100) |
< 0.001 |
| General foot health | 25.00 ±47.50 (0–100) |
25.00 ±25.50 (0–85) |
43.00 ±35.00 (0–100) |
< 0.001 |
| General health | 40.00 ±40.00 (0–100) |
20.00 ±30.00 (0–90) |
60.00 ±30.00 (0–100) |
< 0.001 |
| Physical activity | 56.00 ±49.67 (0–100) |
38.88 ±33.33 (0–100) |
78.00 ±38.00 (11–100) |
< 0.001 |
| Social capacity | 50.00 ±53.13 (0–100) |
37.50 ±37.50 (0–100) |
75.00 ±38.00 (0–100) |
< 0.001 |
| Vigor | 37.50 ±31.25 (0–100) |
25.00 ±31.25 (0–100) |
44.00 ±32.00 (0–100) |
< 0.001 |
FHSQ – Foot Health Status Questionnaire, IR – interquartile range. In all the analyses, p < 0.01 (with a 99% confidence interval) was considered statistically significant.