Implementing a minimal intervention for chronic fatigue syndrome in a mental health centre: a randomized controlled trial.
Tummers, M, Knoop, H, van Dam, A et al.·Psychological medicine·2012
This study tested whether a simplified, self-guided version of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) could help ME/CFS patients when delivered by nurses in a community mental health centre rather than by specialists in hospitals. After 6 months, patients who received this guided self-instruction reported significantly less fatigue compared to those on a waiting list. However, the improvement was mainly seen in patients who had physical disabilities at the start of the study.