[What Medical Specialties do ME/CFS Sufferers Consult? A Public Health Study on the need for Better Medical Education and Training].

ABSTRACT:

Background

The disease ME/CFS is unknown to many doctors in Germany. Within the healthcare system, significant deficits in dealing with ME/CFS patients have been repeatedly revealed. Hence, the aim of the present study was to identify the specialties of the doctors consulted by ME/CFS patients and to find out whether information on the medical procedure in the context of the diagnosis process can be derived from this.

Method

As part of the APAV-ME/CFS survey, the quantitative responses of 674 adult ME/CFS sufferers (>20 y.; 554 ♀, 120 ♂) who already had a medical ME/CFS diagnosis were statistically examined. The sampling was done by self-activation and via the snowball principle. The data were primarily evaluated descriptively. An analysis of variance was carried out to cons

SUBMITTER: Habermann-Horstmeier L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11469179 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature