Table 1 Response data to questions on the etiology of fibromyalgia
| Â | Â | Response options (n) % | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Survey items | Student groups | strongly disagree | disagree | uncertain | agree | strongly agree |
Patients with FM have an as yet undiscovered physiological abnormality | PT/OT | (1) 2% | (12) 20% | (23) 38% | (21) 34% | (4) 7% |
| Â | DC | (2) 1% | (26) 18% | (64) 45% | (41) 29% | (9) 6% |
| Â | ND | (5) 4% | (18) 14% | (56) 42% | (47) 35% | (6) 5% |
In most patients with FM, an underlying psychiatric illness is a prominent cause of their symptoms | PT/OT †| (5) 8% | (24) 39% | (19) 31% | (12) 20% | (1) 2% |
|  | DC †|  | (26) 18% | (38) 27% | (70) 49% | (8) 6% |
| Â | ND | (6) 5% | (33) 25% | (40) 30% | (50) 38% | (2) 2% |
Patients with FM typically demonstrate muscle tissue pathology on biopsy | PT/OT †| (1) 2% | (12) 20% | (23) 38% | (21) 34% | (4) 7% |
|  | DC †| (2) 1% | (26) 18% | (64) 45% | (41) 29% | (9) 6% |
|  | ND †| (5) 4% | (18) 14% | (56) 42% | (47) 35% | (6) 5% |