Abstract:
250,000 people live with Myalgic Encephalitis (ME) in the UK, this compares to 100,000 living with Multiple Sclerosis. In 2019, a survey by MEAction of 1906 people with ME, identified that over 50% of people who attended specialists ME clinics, employing physiotherapists, were unsatisfied with the services. People with ME (PwME) are also seen in regular musculoskeletal, community, neurological and paediatric physiotherapy services but the views of PwME related to these services are not known. The aim of this present survey, therefore, was to identify the experiences of PwME of physiotherapy services throughout all areas of physiotherapy practice.
Source: Clague-Baker N, Bull, M, Lesile K, Hilliard N. Survey of people with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) to explore their use and experiences of physiotherapy services in the UK. Physiotherapy, P076, VOLUME 113, SUPPLEMENT 1, E101-E102, DECEMBER 01, 2021. https://www.physiotherapyjournal.com/article/S0031-9406(21)00164-4/fulltext