Fibromyalgia and menopause: Friends with benefits?
The findings suggest that fibromyalgia and menopausal symptoms overlap, worsening the symptom burden for patients in menopause. Higher FIQR scores were observed among patients with a greater BMI, indicating a greater overall disease impact and poorer quality of life.
Authors
- D. Bogdanos
- Katerina‐Maria Kontouli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4261-2841)
- Eleni Patrikiou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4442-5655)
- Arriana Gkouvi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-0815-4700)
- Eleni C. Pardali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7864-5349)
- Irene Lambrinoudaki
- Maria G. Grammatikopoulou
- Dimitrios G. Goulis
Institutions
- University of Thessaly (GR)
- University of Ioannina (GR)
- National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (GR)
- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (GR)
- University Hospital of Larissa (GR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Maturitas
- Published
- 2026-03-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.maturitas.2026.108899
- Primary Topic
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00