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‘Physical or psychological?’- a comparative study of causal attribution for chronic fatigue in Brazilian and British primary care patients

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Causal attribution influences symptom experience, help-seeking behaviour and prognosis in chronic fatigue syndrome. We compared causal attribution of patients …

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Obstructions for quality care experienced by patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)–a case study

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To explore obstructions for quality care from experiences by patients suffering from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). METHODS: Qualitative case study …

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Sleep structure and sleepiness in chronic fatigue syndrome with or without coexisting fibromyalgia

Abstract: INTRODUCTION: We evaluated polysomnograms of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients with and without fibromyalgia to determine whether patients in either group …

Gene expression subtypes in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a multisystem disease, the pathogenesis of which remains undetermined. We set out to …

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A systematic review of chronic fatigue syndrome: don’t assume it’s depression

Abstract: OBJECTIVE: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is characterized by profound, debilitating fatigue and a combination of several other symptoms resulting in …

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Comorbid somatic symptoms and functional status in patients with fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome: sensory amplification as a common mechanism

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Somatic symptoms are common in conditions such as fibromyalgia (FM) and chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). OBJECTIVE: Authors investigated a potential …

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The neural correlates of fatigue: an exploratory imaginal fatigue provocation study in chronic fatigue syndrome

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Fatigue is the central symptom in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and yet very little is known about its neural correlates. …

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‘That was my old life; it’s almost like a past-life now’: identity crisis, loss and adjustment amongst people living with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Abstract: Individual in-depth interviews were conducted with 14 people with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). The interviews centred on the experience of living …

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Individuals’ experience of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis: an interpretative phenomenological analysis

Abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a condition of unknown aetiology that consists of symptoms such as fatigue, muscle …

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Memory for fatigue in chronic fatigue syndrome: the relation between weekly recall and momentary ratings

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Understanding how patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) recall their fatigue is important because fatigue is a core …

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