Holistic
Relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of
General
General fibromyalgia terms and chronic pain related definitions for people suffering from Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Pain.
Fibromyalgia and Chronic Pain Terms
HRQoL
The Health Related Quality of lifeQoL can be thought of as the overall impact of the illness and its treatment on patients physical
Haq
Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire - The HAQ was developed in 1980 by Fries et al. It is a measure of functional ability and is based on the belief that a patient desires to be alive
Hawthorne Effect
This is based on a series of studies on the productivity of workers at factory which manipulated various conditions (e.g. pay
Growth Hormone
A vertebrate polypeptide hormone that is secreted by the anterior lobe of the pituitary gland and regulates growth; used to treat children with growth hormone deficiencies and by athletes to incre
Genetic Predisposition
The genetic susceptibility to inherit a specific characteristic of disease.
General Self-Efficacy Scale
The GSES is a general measure for self-efficacy. Whilst it is not disease-specific
Ghq
The General Health Questionnaire is a 12-item instrument and has been tested for reliability
fMRI or Functional Mri
Magnetic resonance imaging used to demonstrate correlations between physical changes (as in blood flow) in the brain and mental functioning (as in performing cognitive tasks).
Fss
The Fatigue Severity Scale.