Investigating Subjective Experience and the Influence of Weather Among Individuals With Fibromyalgia: A Content Analysis of Twitter.

Pari Delir Haghighi Yong-Bin Kang Rachelle Buchbinder Frada Burstein Samuel Lawrance Whittle

Published in: JMIR public health and surveillance (2017)

According to our results, a uniform causal effect of weather variation on fibromyalgia symptoms at the group level remains unlikely. Any impact of weather on fibromyalgia symptoms may vary geographically or at an individual level. Future work will further explore geographic variation and interactions focusing on individual pain trajectories over time.

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sleep quality
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depressive symptoms
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pain management
neuropathic pain
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