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| Title |
Can alcohol consumption be an alternative treatment for fibromyalgia?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Arthritis Research & Therapy, November 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/ar4394 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Mei Chung, Chenchen Wang |
| Abstract |
Treatment of chronic pain conditions such as fibromyalgia is challenging due to limitations of drug therapies. An initial exploration into the relationships between self-reported alcohol consumption, symptom severity, and quality of life for individuals with fibromyalgia sheds new light on plausible hypotheses and potential mechanisms of action for future research. Evidence suggests that alcohol consumption may improve social and psychological factors because of activity in the ascending and descending pain pathways in modulating gamma-aminobutyric acid neurotransmission. Further methodologically rigorous studies in this field to improve well-being of individuals with fibromyalgia are warranted. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 4 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | 75% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 75% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 25% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 31 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 3% |
| Australia | 1 | 3% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 28 | 90% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 19% |
| Student > Bachelor | 6 | 19% |
| Professor | 3 | 10% |
| Researcher | 3 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 10% |
| Other | 5 | 16% |
| Unknown | 5 | 16% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 5 | 16% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 5 | 16% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 3 | 10% |
| Sports and Recreations | 2 | 6% |
| Other | 4 | 13% |
| Unknown | 8 | 26% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 June 2014.
All research outputs
#8,474,477
of 25,374,647 outputs
Outputs from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#1,696
of 3,381 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#96,661
of 320,855 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#28
of 61 outputs
Altmetric has tracked 25,374,647 research outputs across all sources so far. This one has received more attention than most of these and is in the 66th percentile.
So far Altmetric has tracked 3,381 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 9.2. This one is in the 49th percentile – i.e., 49% of its peers scored the same or lower than it.
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