Socioeconomic determinants of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in Norway: a registry study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Previous research has shown that socioeconomic status (SES) is a strong predictor of chronic disease. However, to the best of our knowledge, there has been no studies of how SES affects the risk of Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) that has not been based upon self-reporting or retrospectively screening of symptoms. As far as we know, this is therefore the first study that isolate and describe socioeconomic determinants of ME/CFS and calculate how these factors relate to the risk of ME/CFS diagnosis by utilizing individual level registry data. This allows for objective operationalization of the ME/CFS population, and makes it possible to model SES affect the risk of ME/CFS diagnosis, relative to control groups.

Data and methods

We conduct

SUBMITTER: Hilland GH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11089728 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature