Developed by:
Serge Perrot & Didier Bouhassira (France)

Objective: 
To detect fibromyalgia syndrome in patients with diffuse chronic pain.

Copyright:
FiRST© Serge Perrot, Didier Bouhassira, REDAR, 2010. All rights reserved.

Reference publication:
Development and validation of the Fibromyalgia Rapid Screening Tool (FiRST), Perrot S, Bouhassira D, Fermanian J; Cercle d'Etude de la Douleur en Rhumatologie, Pain. 2010 Aug;150(2):250-6. Epub 2010 May 21

Conditions of use:

1. User Agreement:

User is required to complete and sign a User Agreement in which specific conditions requested by the Authors are detailed.

2. Access fees:

Authors' royalty fees:

- In any academic research and clinical practice: free of charge

- In commercial clinical studies: 500 €* per study and per existing language-version requested.

- In commercial epidemiologic / observational / marketing studies: 500 €* per study and per existing language-version requested + the following administrative fee:
- Up to 1000 administrations/ reproductions: 2 €* per administration/ reproduction;
- Between 1001 and 2500 administrations/ reproductions: 1.80 €* per administration/ reproduction;
- More than 2500 administrations/ reproductions: 1.60 €* per administration/ reproduction.

 Other specific conditions requested by the Authors are detailed in the User Agreement.

Distribution fees are requested according to the study design and context of use of the questionnaire:

- In not-funded academic research (1) and individual clinical practice: free of charge

- In funded academic research (2): 300 €* per study + 50 €* per language version

- In commercial studies (3) involving "for-profit" organizations: 800 €* per study + 250 €* per language version

* excluding VAT

(1) Not funded academic research: if the project is not explicitly funded, but funding comes from overall departmental funds or from the University or individual funds then fees are waived.

(2) Funded academic research: projects receiving funding from commerce, government, EU should anticipate paying the corresponding fees.

(3) Commercial studies (industry, CRO, any for-profit companies).

Review copy:

UK English version available for review purpose only. Please click here to access


Contact information:

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Please have the User Agreement completed, dated and signed and return one original copy to MAPI Research Trust by post. As soon as we receive it, we will process your request.

More information on the FiRST on PROQOLID.

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