Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and impulsivity in female patients with fibromyalgia

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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of subjects

Variable	Fibromyalgia n=78	Control n=54	t	P-value
Age (years)	40.3±9.39	38.94±8.92	0.83	0.4
Education (years)	8.47±3.09	9.44±3.40	0.84	0.09
Smoking amount (number of cigarettes/day)	6.43±10.06	8.68±9.29	0.43	0.4
Body mass index (kg/m^2)	26.14±4.62	25.55±3.73	3.40	0.44
Duration of psychiatric treatment (years)	1.49±3.17	0.32±1.09	16.5	0.001
Marital status			x^Citation2=1.29	0.52
Single/never married	12 (15.4%)	11 (20.4%)
Married	59 (75.6%)	36 (66.7%)
Divorced/separated widowed	7 (9%)	7 (13%)
Employment (No)	58 (74.4%)	14 (25.9%)	x^Citation2=30.19	<0.001
Socioeconomic status			x^Citation2=9.02	0.003
Low	34 (43.6%)	10 (18.5%)
Mid and high	44 (56.4%)	44 (81.5%)
Alcohol use (Yes)	7 (9%)	10 (18.5%)	x^Citation2=2.95	0.108
Diagnosis of psychiatric illness (Yes)	34 (43.6%)	11 (20.4%)	x^Citation2=7.65	0.006
History of ADHD diagnosis (Yes)	5 (6.4%)	0 (0%)		0.078a

Notes:

a Fisher’s exact test. x² = chi-square.

Abbreviation: ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Table 2 Comparison of subjects’ adult ADHD and childhood ADHD rates

	Fibromyalgia (n=78)	Control (n=54)
Adult ADHD	23 (29.5%)a	4 (7.4%)
Childhood ADHD	26 (33.3%)b	6 (11.1%)

Notes:

a x²=9.561, P=0.002;

b x²=8.58, P=0.003.

Abbreviation: ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.

Table 3 Comparison of mean scores of the fibromyalgia and control groups on the WURS, ASRS, and Barratt scales

	Fibromyalgia (n=78)	Control (n=54)	t	P-value
WURS total	25.47±18.27	18.57±15.87	2.11	0.036*
ASRS total	31.98±11.70	22.73±12.65	0.02	0.000*
ASRS attention	15.72±6.72	9.90±6.88	0.06	0.000*
ASRS hyper-imp	14.05±5.71	11.30±6.06	0.09	0.009*
Barratt total	31.47±5.99	32.46±6.42	0.24	0.36
Barratt motor	8.32±2.90	7.85±3.15	0.02	0.38
Barratt plan	10.91±3.89	8.24±3.80	0.64	0.000*
Barratt attention	9.06±3.07	7.94±2.98	0.22	0.039*

Note:

* P<0.05.

Abbreviations: WURS, Wender Utah rating scale; ASRS, adult ADHD self-reporting scale.

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