{"status":"ok","message-type":"work","message-version":"1.0.0","message":{"indexed":{"date-parts":[[2026,9,28]],"date-time":"2026-09-28T22:27:40Z","timestamp":1790634460556,"version":"4.1.0"},"reference-count":24,"publisher":"Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)","issue":"2","content-domain":{"domain":["lww.com","ovid.com"],"crossmark-restriction":true},"short-container-title":[],"published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018,4]]},"abstract":"<jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Background:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Fibromyalgia (FM), a relatively common disease, is difficult to diagnose owing to its subjective symptoms and poor knowledge among medical practitioners. The purpose of this study was to assess the knowledge regarding FM among medical practitioners in Saudi Arabia and the need for educational programs at the undergraduate level.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Subjects and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>An online survey was administered to physicians, nurses, and technologist\/technicians in different regions of the country. Responses were obtained from 104 medical practitioners. Knowledge regarding FM including clinical symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment was assessed.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Only 26% of the respondents reported that FM was part of their undergraduate curriculum, and only 8.7% attended educational programs about FM. (Approximately 50% of the medical practitioners either referred FM patients to unrelated specialty or did not know whom to refer these patients to). Only 33.7% of the respondents were familiar with the diagnostic criteria. Physiotherapy (69.4%) and pharmacological treatment (63.9%) were predominantly reported as the appropriate treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Knowledge regarding FM among medical practitioners in Saudi Arabia is poor. Further education at the undergraduate level is needed to improve knowledge and avoid delays in diagnosis and treatment.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.4103\/sja.sja_458_17","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,3,8]],"date-time":"2018-03-08T23:57:08Z","timestamp":1520553428000},"page":"178-182","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Assessment of medical practitioners\u2019 knowledge of fibromyalgia in Saudi Arabia"],"prefix":"10.4103","volume":"12","author":[{"given":"Abdullah Mohammad","family":"Kaki","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Abdulaziz A.","family":"Hazazi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Anesthesia, Prince Sultan Military Medical City, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"276","reference":[{"key":"R1-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"160","DOI":"10.1002\/art.1780330203","article-title":"The American College of Rheumatology 1990 criteria for the classification of fibromyalgia. Report of the Multicenter Criteria Committee","volume":"33","author":"Wolfe","year":"1990","journal-title":"Arthritis Rheum"},{"key":"R2-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"600","DOI":"10.1002\/acr.20140","article-title":"The American College of Rheumatology preliminary diagnostic criteria for fibromyalgia and measurement of symptom severity","volume":"62","author":"Wolfe","year":"2010","journal-title":"Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken)"},{"key":"R3-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"319","DOI":"10.1016\/j.semarthrit.2016.08.012","article-title":"2016 Revisions to the 2010\/2011 fibromyalgia diagnostic criteria","volume":"46","author":"Wolfe","year":"2016","journal-title":"Semin Arthritis Rheum"},{"key":"R4-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"19","DOI":"10.1002\/art.1780380104","article-title":"The prevalence and characteristics of fibromyalgia in the general population","volume":"38","author":"Wolfe","year":"1995","journal-title":"Arthritis Rheum"},{"key":"R5-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"778","DOI":"10.1002\/1529-0131(199805)41:5<778::AID-ART4>3.0.CO;2-V","article-title":"Estimates of the prevalence of arthritis and selected musculoskeletal disorders in the United States","volume":"41","author":"Lawrence","year":"1998","journal-title":"Arthritis Rheum"},{"key":"R6-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"320","DOI":"10.1007\/s11916-001-0021-2","article-title":"Classification, epidemiology, and natural history of fibromyalgia","volume":"5","author":"White","year":"2001","journal-title":"Curr Pain Headache Rep"},{"key":"R7-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"362","DOI":"10.1007\/s11916-003-0035-z","article-title":"Epidemiology of fibromyalgia","volume":"7","author":"Neumann","year":"2003","journal-title":"Curr Pain Headache Rep"},{"key":"R8-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1547","DOI":"10.1001\/jama.2014.3266","article-title":"Fibromyalgia: A clinical review","volume":"311","author":"Clauw","year":"2014","journal-title":"JAMA"},{"key":"R9-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"218","DOI":"10.1186\/ar2005","article-title":"Biology and therapy of fibromyalgia. Genetic aspects of fibromyalgia syndrome","volume":"8","author":"Buskila","year":"2006","journal-title":"Arthritis Res Ther"},{"key":"R10-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"671","DOI":"10.1038\/ncprheum0349","article-title":"Mechanisms of disease: Genetics of fibromyalgia","volume":"2","author":"Ablin","year":"2006","journal-title":"Nat Clin Pract Rheumatol"},{"key":"R11-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"465","DOI":"10.1007\/s10067-006-0433-9","article-title":"Central sensitization: A biopsychosocial explanation for chronic widespread pain in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome","volume":"26","author":"Meeus","year":"2007","journal-title":"Clin Rheumatol"},{"key":"R12-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"385","DOI":"10.1155\/2010\/354868","article-title":"Fibromyalgia and the therapeutic relationship: Where uncertainty meets attitude","volume":"15","author":"Hayes","year":"2010","journal-title":"Pain Res Manag"},{"key":"R13-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"356","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6963-12-356","article-title":"Survey of physician experiences and perceptions about the diagnosis and treatment of fibromyalgia","volume":"12","author":"Perrot","year":"2012","journal-title":"BMC Health Serv Res"},{"key":"R14-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"317","DOI":"10.1097\/NOR.0000000000000277","article-title":"Nurse practitioners\u2019 education, awareness, and therapeutic approaches for the management of fibromyalgia","volume":"35","author":"Hughes","year":"2016","journal-title":"Orthop Nurs"},{"key":"R15-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"238","DOI":"10.1093\/fampra\/14.3.238","article-title":"Awareness of diagnostic and clinical features of fibromyalgia among family physicians","volume":"14","author":"Buskila","year":"1997","journal-title":"Fam Pract"},{"key":"R16-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"927","DOI":"10.1007\/s00296-012-2488-z","article-title":"Awareness of diagnostic and clinical features of fibromyalgia among orthopedic surgeons","volume":"33","author":"Bloom","year":"2013","journal-title":"Rheumatol Int"},{"key":"R17-20250920","article-title":"Are general practitioners well informed about fibromyalgia?","author":"Kianmehr","year":"2015","journal-title":"Int J Rheum Dis"},{"key":"R18-20250920","article-title":"Knowledge on fibromyalgia among general practitioners, from chiclayo-peru, 2016","author":"Acu\u00f1a Ortiz","year":"2016","journal-title":"Reumatol Clin"},{"key":"R19-20250920","first-page":"703","article-title":"Evaluation of knowledge of fibromyalgia in tunisia","volume":"88","author":"Kamoun","year":"2010","journal-title":"Tunis Med"},{"key":"R20-20250920","first-page":"697","article-title":"Awareness and knowledge of fibromyalgia among French rheumatologists and general practitioners","volume":"23","author":"Blotman","year":"2005","journal-title":"Clin Exp Rheumatol"},{"key":"R21-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"102","DOI":"10.1186\/1472-6963-10-102","article-title":"A patient survey of the impact of fibromyalgia and the journey to diagnosis","volume":"10","author":"Choy","year":"2010","journal-title":"BMC Health Serv Res"},{"key":"R22-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"117","DOI":"10.1186\/ar2715","article-title":"Epidemiology, costs, and the economic burden of fibromyalgia","volume":"11","author":"Spaeth","year":"2009","journal-title":"Arthritis Res Ther"},{"key":"R23-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"177","DOI":"10.1002\/art.21545","article-title":"The impact of a diagnosis of fibromyalgia on health care resource use by primary care patients in the UK: An observational study based on clinical practice","volume":"54","author":"Hughes","year":"2006","journal-title":"Arthritis Rheum"},{"key":"R24-20250920","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"263","DOI":"10.1093\/rheumatology\/keg075","article-title":"Inaccuracy in the diagnosis of fibromyalgia syndrome: Analysis of referrals","volume":"42","author":"Fitzcharles","year":"2003","journal-title":"Rheumatology (Oxford)"}],"container-title":["Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/01437113-201812020-00002","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,27]],"date-time":"2026-08-27T13:24:30Z","timestamp":1787837070000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/www.ovid.com\/01437113-201812020-00002"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2018,4]]},"references-count":24,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2018]]}},"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.4103\/sja.sja_458_17","relation":{},"ISSN":["1658-354X","0975-3125"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1658-354X","type":"print"},{"value":"0975-3125","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2018,4]]}}}