Evidenced-Based Guidelines on the Treatment of Fibromyalgia Patients- Are They Consistent and If Not, Why Not? Have effective psychological treatments been overlooked?

We compared the recommendations and methodology of several recent evidence-based guidelines for the management of patients with fibromyalgia (FM) published by professional organizations:1. American Pain Society (APS) (2005)2. Association of the Scientific Medical Societies in Germany (AWMF) (2012)3. Canadian Pain Society (CPS, 2013), - Also used in United Kingdom and4. European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) (2016)Each guideline used systematic reviews and meta-analyses as highest level of evidence, APS, CPS, and AWMF also included individual randomized clinical trials (RCT).

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