Real-life assessment of the validity of patient global impression of change in fibromyalgia.

RMD Open · 2015 · PMC4623367 · PMID 26535150

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a statistical trendp=0.086so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

did not reach statistical significanceno p-value reported

The only exception was the MPQ which showed a statistical trend (p=0.086) but did not reach statistical significance (−0.66 vs −1.88 vs −6.58 in patients rating their global disease status as better, stable or worse, respectively) ( figure 1 F).

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