Relationship Between Dysphonia And Anxiety In Fibromyalgia

Umraniye Education and Research Hospital50 enrolled

Overview

Our aim in conducting this study is to determine the relationship between voice disorders and anxiety in patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FS).

This case controlled study was performed at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation outpatient clinic between April 2022 and June 2022. 25 patients who were diagnosed with FS according to the 2010 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria were included in the study. For the control group 25 healthy volunteers with no previous chronic disease history were included . The investigators planed to investigate the relationship between the anxiety level of the FS patients and dysphonia. Thus an acoustic voice analysis (fundamental frequency (F0), jitter, shimmer, noise to harmonic ratio (NHR), harmonic to noise ratio (HNR)) and an aerodynamic analysis (maximal phonation time (MPT)) were performed by an experienced otolaryngologist specialized in voice disorders for evaluation of objective voice quality and function. These analyses were performed on all the volunteers from both groups, and the results obtained were compared between the groups.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Dysphonia Fibromyalgia Anxiety Disorders

Interventions

Assessment of Voice Quality and FunctionDIAGNOSTIC_TEST

An acoustic voice analysis (fundamental frequency (F0), jitter, shimmer, noise to harmonic ratio (NHR), harmonic to noise ratio (HNR)) and an aerodynamic analysis (maximal phonation time (MPT)) were performed by an experienced otolaryngologist specialized in voice disorders for evaluation of objective voice quality and function. These analyses were performed on all the volunteers from both groups, and the results obtained were compared between the groups.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Diagnosed with Fibromyalgia syndrome for at least 1 year * Minimum VAS score of 3 Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with diabetes mellitus, * other rheumatological diseases, * malignancies, * connective tissue disorders * neuromuscular diseases and * hereditary diseases.

Locations (1)

Umraniye Training and Research Hospital

Istanbul, Turkey (Türkiye)

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Beck Anxiety Questionary Score

Measuring The Anxiety level, It is scored between 0-63. The greater the score the greater the anxiety level of the subject.

Time frame: at the start of the study

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Score

Visual Analogue Scale is used to measure the pain level of the subjects. It is scored between 0 to 10. Greater score corresponds to greater pain sensation.

Time frame: at the start of the study

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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