CFS/ME
The impact of CFS/ME on employment and productivity in the UK: a cross sectional study based on the CFS/ME national outcomes database
... to CFS/ ME specialist services within the NHS over the past 4 ...with CFS/ME recover and return to work, either with or without specialized ...for CFS/ME (individualised ...
8
Well-being at work versus flexible benefits: how does the conflict impact on CFS/ME?
... and CFS/ME in all respects and expand diversity intelligence within the organisation; they point to and assist with health and capability issues and at meetings, auditing HR policies for fairness and ...
25
The impact of managing a child’s chronic fatigue syndrome/ myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME) on family relationships
... the CFS/ME on the ...with CFS/ME are at high risk of mental distress and physical illness (Rangel et ...with CFS/ME and their parents show a reduced internal health control in ...
214
Unraveling molecular determinants of manual therapy: an approach to integrative therapeutics for the treatment of fibromyalgia and CFS/ME
... MT improves pain by modulation of serotonin levels in patients with CFS/ME and FM [43, 115] changing neural activity at the segmental level, area responsible for mood and pain perception [116]. MT delivery ...
20
Long term experiences of managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME): A qualitative study
... the CFS/ME ...other CFS/ME qualitative research; describing accepting, rebuilding identities and lives as psychological processes linked to adopting adequate coping strategies (Pinxsterhuis et ...
194
Well-being at Work versus flexible benefits: how does the conflict impact on CFS/ME?
... and CFS/ME in all respects and expand diversity intelligence within the organisation; they point to and assist with health and capability issues and at meetings, auditing HR policies for fairness and ...
25
Activin B is a novel biomarker for chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) diagnosis: a cross sectional study
... with CFS/ME under the Canadian Diagnostic Criteria, and 17 healthy controls (13 females, 4 males; age 24–60 years), were ...with CFS/ME were all within laboratory reference intervals (Table ...
10
Unidentified Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a major cause of school absence: surveillance outcomes from school-based clinics
... mild CFS/ME should be referred to a specialist CFS/ME service after 6 ...school-clinic-diagnosed CFS/ME returned to full-time school within 6 months of the start of treatment ...
6
Adolescent’s descriptions of fatigue, fluctuation and payback in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME): interviews with adolescents and parents
... All adolescents with CFS/ME report fatigue, a natural fluctuation of the condition, as well as an increase in fatigue and symptoms after activity (payback). However, the experience was highly variable ...
6
A systematic review of cytokines in chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis/systemic exertion intolerance disease (CFS/ME/SEID)
... Included studies also attempted to explain inconsisten- cies between results regarding cytokine levels, with one study using two control groups, healthy controls and de- pression controls [33]; another examining and ...
11
Adult patients’ experiences of NHS specialist services for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME): a qualitative study in England
... Results: Three themes were identified: ‘ Journey to specialist services ’ ; ‘ Things that help or hinder treatment ’ ; and ‘ Support systems ’ . Within these themes nine sub-themes were identified. A wide range of ...
12
Defining the minimally clinically important difference of the SF-36 physical function subscale for paediatric CFS/ME: triangulation using three different methods
... ME) [10–13]. An MCID defined as 0.3/0.5 SD of the SF-36-PFS, typically equating to 8 to 10 points has been used in adult and paediatric CFS/ME [14–17], but it is unclear if this is appropriate and ...
7
Developing and pretesting a new patient reported outcome measure for paediatric Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalopathy (CFS/ME): cognitive interviews with children
... Paediatric CFS/ME PROM The questionnaire was developed through a systematic ap- ...paediatric CFS/ME’ developed from qualitative research ( reference currently under review ) formed the basis ...
10
Symptoms, impairment and illness intrusiveness – their relationship with depression in women with CFS/ME
... people to take the view that depression is a major contributing factor to this illness. Although this is possible, there are several other explanations for this relationship (Afari & Buchwald, 2003). If depression is ...
15
Interventions to treat pain in paediatric CFS/ME: a systematic review
... Two researchers independently screened the abstracts of all studies generated from the literature search. Any discrepancies were discussed and resolved, if neces- sary, with a third reviewer. The researchers then inde- ...
7
Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME)
... CFS/ME Stepped Care Specialist CFS/ME Service Diagnosing CFS/ME in primary care. Basic Fatigue Management.[r] ...
47
Factors influencing engagement of patients in a novel intervention for CFS/ME: a qualitative study
... with CFS/ME (A ˚ sbring and Na¨rva¨nen, 2003; Raine et ...of CFS/ME difficult (Chew-Graham et ...about CFS/ ME and that the model may vary between GPs and may, indeed, shift in ...
11
Cost effectiveness of supported self management for CFS/ME patients in primary care
... This study has compared the costs and QALYs of prag- matic rehabilitation versus supportive listening versus GP delivered treatment as usual for patients with CFS/ME treated in the community. Supportive ...
9
The involvement of cerebrospinal fluid and lymphatic drainage in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME)
... An alternative term for CFS/ME in the USA is Chronic Fatigue Immune Deficiency Syndrome CFIDS recognising that dysfunction of the immune system is a major feature of this disease.. Many [r] ...
389
Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) or myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME) is different in children compared to in adults: a study of UK and Dutch clinical cohorts
... of CFS/ME and whether it differs between children and ...6 CFS/ME patients have described some simi- larities in the delineation of paediatric and adult CFS/ME phenotypes, based ...
8