What treatments work for anxiety in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME)? Systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Anxiety is more prevalent in children with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) than in the general population. A systematic review was carried out to identify which treatment methods are most effective for children with CFS and anxiety.

Design

Systematic review using search terms entered into the Cochrane library and Ovid to search the databases Medline, Embase and psychINFO.

Participants

Studies were selected if participants were <18 years old, diagnosed with CFS/ME (using US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence or Oxford criteria) and had a valid assessment of anxiety.

Interventions

We included observational studies and randomised controlled trials.

Comparison</

SUBMITTER: Stoll SVE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5588976 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature