ArticleFatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior
Variability in Symptoms Complicates Utility of Case Definitions.
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- Differentiating Post-Polio Syndrome from Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.Fatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior · 2019Article
- A reexamination of the cognitive behavioral model of chronic fatigue syndrome.Journal of clinical psychology · 2018Article
- The Development of the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire: Original, Expanded, Brief, and Pediatric Versions.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2018Article
- Latent class analysis of a heterogeneous international sample of patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome.Fatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior · 2018Article
- Post-Exertional Malaise in Patients with ME and CFS with Comorbid Fibromyalgia.SRL neurology & neurosurgery · 2017Article
- Clinical Criteria Versus a Possible Research Case Definition in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.Fatigue : biomedicine, health & behavior · 2017Article
- Differences in ME and CFS Symptomology in Patients with Normal and Abnormal Exercise Test Results.International journal of neurology and neurotherapy · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundAmbiguities in case definitions have created difficulties in replicating findings and estimating the prevalence rates for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). PURPOSE: The current study examined differences in occurrence rates for CFS and ME cardinal symptoms (i.e. post-exertional malaise, unrefreshing sleep, and neurocognitive deficits).
resultsFindings indicated that there is a wide range of occurrence rates on critical symptoms of the case definition, suggesting that either the types of patients recruited differ in various settings or the questions assessing core symptoms vary in their wording or criteria among different researchers.
conclusionsThe polythetic nature of the case definition may contribute to the wide ranges of symptom occurrence that was found. In order to increase assessed reliability of the symptoms and case definitions, there is a need to better standardize data collection methods and operationalization of symptoms. This solution would reduce the heterogeneity often seen in populations of CFS patients.
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