Specialist treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME: a cohort study among adult patients in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

NHS specialist chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) services in England treat approximately 8000 adult patients each year. Variation in therapy programmes and treatment outcomes across services has not been described.

Methods

We described treatments provided by 11 CFS/ME specialist services and we measured changes in patient-reported fatigue (Chalder, Checklist Individual Strength), function (SF-36 physical subscale, Work & Social Adjustment Scale), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale), pain (visual analogue rating), sleep (Epworth, Jenkins), and overall health (Clinical Global Impression) 1 year after the start of treatment, plus questions about impact of CFS/ME on employment, education/training and domestic tasks/unpaid work. A subset of the

SUBMITTER: Collin SM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5513420 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature