…pathway through which perceived others’ causal attributions relate to lower satisfaction with social roles and activities and functional status. Higher perceived attributions by others to controllable and unstable causes predicted…
…the approaches used by experienced clinicians and lawyers in successful ME/CFS disability claims. METHODS: The authors reviewed the types of US disability insurance programs and the evidence commonly required by…
…significantly higher mean consecutive difference (MCD) in the extensor digitorum communis than the control group. There were statistically significant positive correlations between MCD values and physical, mental, and total fatigue…
…PASC also includes a post-COVID-19 syndrome (“long COVID”) with features that can follow other acute infectious diseases as well as myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). Here we summarize what is…
…of cognitive impairment also referred to as “brain fog,” which includes difficulty with memory, attention, and information processing. Additional evidence includes changes in inflammatory cytokines in both plasma and cerebrospinal…
…F. Islam, Karl Conroy, Joseph Cotler, Chelsea Torres, Mady Johnson & Brianna Mabie (2021) COVID-19 symptoms over time: comparing long-haulers to ME/CFS, Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, DOI: 10.1080/21641846.2021.1922140 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21641846.2021.1922140…
…A.A. Mirin (2021) Updating the National Academy of Medicine ME/CFS prevalence and economic impact figures to account for population growth and inflation. Fatigue: Biomedicine, Health & Behavior, DOI: 10.1080/21641846.2021.1878716 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21641846.2021.1878716?journalCode=rftg20…
…an increasing number of studies have employed these criteria for research purposes. One unwitting consequence of the IOM criteria, which excludes few other illnesses, is the broadening of the number…
…homebound patient. Source: Kingdon, C.; Giotas, D.; Nacul, L.; Lacerda, E. Health Care Responsibility and Compassion-Visiting the Housebound Patient Severely Affected by ME/CFS. Healthcare 2020, 8, 197. https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/197/htm (Full text)…
…validate the clinical severity grading that has been proposed by the authors of the ME International Consensus Criteria (ICC) using more standardized measures like questionnaires, and objective measures such as…