ArticlePain research & management2018
Physical Activity and Sleep in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and Fibromyalgia Syndrome: Associations with Symptom Severity in the General Population Cohort LifeLines.
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- Objective sleep measures in chronic fatigue syndrome patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sleep medicine reviews · 2023Pooled it
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- Associations between changes in habitual sleep duration and lower self-rated health among COVID-19 survivors: findings from a survey across 16 countries/regions.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Mental health status and quality of life in close contacts of COVID-19 patients in the post-COVID-19 era: a comparative study.Translational psychiatry · 2021Article
- Symptom Cluster of ICU Nurses Treating COVID-19 Pneumonia Patients in Wuhan, China.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2020Article
- Physical activity patterns among children and adolescents with mild-to-moderate chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis.BMJ paediatrics open · 2019Article
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Abstract
Objective: The aim of the current study was to compare physical activity and sleep duration between patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), patients with fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS), and controls and to examine the association between physical activity level and sleep duration with symptom severity within these patient groups. Methods: This study used data of LifeLines, a general population cohort in which 1.0% ( Results: Patients with CFS and FMS had significantly lower physical activity scores (8834 ± 5967 and 8813 ± 5549 MET ∗ minutes) than controls (9541 ± 5533; Conclusion: This study indicates that patients with CFS or FMS sleep longer and are less physically active than controls on average. Both low and high levels of physical activity and short and long sleep duration are associated with higher symptom severity, suggesting the importance of patient-tailored treatment.
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