Chronic Fatigue

Making recovery conceivable: perspectives from healthcare professionals using psychologically and behaviourally informed approaches to chronic fatigue syndrome.

Healthcare professionals (HCPs) treating patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) work within a contested field marked by uncertainty. This study explored how HCPs using psychologically and behaviourally informed approaches to CFS understood therapeutic change and their role in facilitating reco…

Community perceptions of type 2 diabetes causes, symptoms, complications, prevention, and management among market vendors in Butembo, DR Congo: A descriptive cross-sectional study.

Diabetes mellitus is an important public health challenge worldwide, particularly in low-resource settings where health literacy may be limited. This study assessed perceptions regarding the causes, symptoms, complications, and prevention of diabetes among adult market vendors in Butembo, Democratic…

Development of a Three-Source Convergent Risk Assessment Tool for Amyloidosis Screening in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Patients.

Amyloid transthyretin cardiomyopathy (ATTR-CM) is a progressive and frequently fatal disease that is under-recognized. A diagnosis of carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) elevates the risk of receiving a diagnosis of ATTR-CM, with a diagnosis of CTS often recognized 5-10 years before ATTR-CM is clinically d…

[Dysautonomia and hypopallesthesia in myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome: a case report].

Trends in long COVID and post-viral fatigue in children in primary care in England.

Post-viral sequelae following the COVID-19 pandemic attention to post-viral fatigue and long COVID, but the impact on children and young people's (CYP) primary care use is unknown. To examine temporal, seasonal, and sociodemographic patterns in primary care consultations for long COVID and PVFS in C…

Fatigue across physical and mental health conditions: results from a multicenter study at the German Center for Mental Health.

Fatigue is a frequent and disabling symptom across many physical and mental health conditions. Despite similar phenomenology, research has largely focused on single conditions using heterogeneous assessments, limiting cross-condition comparability. This study examines fatigue-related symptom burden…

Rehabilitative efficacy of cognitive behavioral therapy-based intervention for chronic fatigue syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been used for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), but previous studies have shown inconsistencies and divergent long-term outcomes. This study aims to assess the effectiveness of CBT in improving fatigue, physical functioning, and psychological health in patients w…

Characterizing Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Symptom Burden, Functional Impairment, and Comparison With Adults in the Multi-Site Clinical Assessment of ME/CFS (MCAM) Study.

To characterize the clinical, functional, and educational characteristics of adolescents with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) and compare selected illness domains with adults in the Multi-Site Clinical Assessment of ME/CFS (MCAM) study. Baseline cross-sectional data from…