Clinical and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process in addition to specialist medical care for paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Investigate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the Lightning Process (LP) in addition to specialist medical care (SMC) compared with SMC alone, for children with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)/myalgic encephalitis (ME).

Design

Pragmatic randomised controlled open trial. Participants were randomly assigned to SMC or SMC+LP. Randomisation was minimised by age and gender.

Setting

Specialist paediatric CFS/ME service.

Patients

12-18 year olds with mild/moderate CFS/ME.

Main outcome measures

The primary outcome was the the 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey Physical Function Subscale (SF-36-PFS) at 6 months. Secondary outcomes included pain, anxiety, depression, school attendance and cost-effectiveness from a health service perspective at 3,

SUBMITTER: Crawley EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5865512 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature