Table 3.
FM Disease Duration, Diagnostic Delay, and Severity Parameters According to Gender
| Features | Gender | Statistics | 95% Confidence Interval | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lower | Upper | |||||
| Disease duration (years) | Female | Mean | 4.904 | −1.36679 | 0.4285 | 0.305 |
| SD | 3.4181 | |||||
| Male | Mean | 5.373 | ||||
| SD | 3.5099 | |||||
| Diagnostic delay (years) | Female | Mean | 5.423 | −1.3153 | 0.584860 | 0.453 |
| SD | 3.6702 | |||||
| Male | Mean | 5.789 | ||||
| SD | 3.5007 | |||||
| WPI (0–19) | Female | Mean | 8.79 | 0.320 | 1.609 | 0.004 |
| SD | 2.797 | |||||
| Male | Mean | 7.27 | ||||
| SD | 2.380 | |||||
| SSS (0–12) | Female | Mean | 7.94 | 0.051 | 0.842 | 0.027 |
| SD | 1.502 | |||||
| Male | Mean | 7.49 | ||||
| SD | 1.566 | |||||
| PDS (0–31) | Female | Mean | 16.75 | 0.709 | 2.223 | 0.001 |
| SD | 3.441 | |||||
| Male | Mean | 15.28 | ||||
| SD | 2.721 | |||||
| FIQR (0–10) | Female | Mean | 55.30 | −4.257 | 4.242 | 0.993 |
| SD | 16.670 | |||||
| Male | Mean | 55.31 | ||||
| SD | 14.547 | |||||
| TPC (0–18) | Female | Mean | 14.62 | 1.250 | 2.413 | 0.001 |
| SD | 2.202 | |||||
| Male | Mean | 12.79 | ||||
| SD | 2.317 | |||||
Notes: Bold values are significant (independent sample t-test confirmed by Mann–Whitney U-test for variables with unequal variance).
Abbreviations: FIQR, the revised FM impact questionnaire; PDS, polysymptomatic distress scale; SSS, symptom severity scale; TPC, tender point count; WPI, widespread pain index.