What high rates of physical and mental comorbidity remind us about fibromyalgia

Abstract

This journal recently published a paper by Sleurs et al., entitled "Comorbidities of self‐reported fibromyalgia in United‐States adults: A cross‐sectional study from The National Epidemiological Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions (NESARC‐III). (Sleurs et al., 2020)” While its primary message is that persons reporting a physician diagnosis of fibromyalgia have very high rates of physical and mental comorbidities, this study provides other important information on the nature and validity of fibromyalgia and fibromyalgia diagnosis, as it is likely the most of the reported fibromyalgia patients in the study would not satisfy criteria for fibromyalgia.

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