Health related quality of life in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To study health related quality of life (HRQOL) and depressive symptoms in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and to investigate in which domains their HRQOL and depressive symptoms differ from those of healthy adolescents.

Background and objective

Several symptoms such as disabling fatigue, pain and depressive symptoms affect different life domains of adolescents with CFS. Compared to adolescents with other chronic diseases, young people with CFS are reported to be severely impaired, both physiologically and mentally. Despite this, few have investigated the HRQOL in this group.

Method

This is a cross-sectional study on HRQOL including 120 adolescents with CFS and 39 healthy controls (HC), between 12 and 18 years. The Pediatric Quality of Life Invento

SUBMITTER: Winger A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4490669 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature