ME/CFS Evidence Browser — Classified Studies on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis

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Adolescents and mothers value referral to a specialist service for chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME).

Beasant, Lucy, Mills, Nicola, Crawley, Esther·Primary health care research & development·2014

This study asked 13 mothers and 12 teenagers with ME/CFS about their experiences getting help from a specialist ME/CFS service. Most families found it difficult and took a long time to access the specialist clinic, but once they got there, both teenagers and mothers felt it was valuable. The specialist service helped confirm the diagnosis, improved symptom management, and helped communication between doctors and schools.

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What is called symptom?

Eriksen, Thor Eirik, Risør, Mette Bech·Medicine, health care, and philosophy·2014

This paper explores what we actually mean by the word 'symptom' in medicine. The authors argue that when doctors can't find a clear medical cause for illness—like ME/CFS—our usual way of thinking about symptoms breaks down. They suggest we need to understand symptoms in broader ways, including how patients' social lives, personal experiences, and individual circumstances shape how they experience illness.

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Adolescents and mothers value referral to a specialist service for chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalopathy (CFS/ME).

What is called symptom?

[Fatigue syndromes--an overview of terminology, definitions and classificatory concepts].

Chronic fatigue syndrome in the UK armed forces.

Chronic Lyme; diagnostic and therapeutic challenges.

Diagnosing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in South Asians: Lessons from a Secondary Analysis of a UK Qualitative Study.

Method Issues in Epidemiological Studies of Medically Unexplained Symptom-based Conditions in Veterans.

[Distinguishing between depression and chronic fatigue syndrome].

A pilot registry of unexplained fatiguing illnesses and chronic fatigue syndrome.

Minimum data elements for research reports on CFS.

[Persistent fatigue following Q fever].

Chronic fatigue syndrome or myalgic encephalomyelitis.

Developing resources to support the diagnosis and management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalitis (CFS/ME) in primary care: a qualitative study.

Fatigue and chronic fatigue in the elderly: definitions, diagnoses, and treatments.

Sympathetic neural hyperalgesia edema syndrome, a frequent cause of pelvic pain in women, mistaken for Lyme disease with chronic fatigue.

Patients' hopes and expectations of a specialist chronic fatigue syndrome/ME service: a qualitative study.

Fatigue Scales and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Issues of Sensitivity and Specificity.

Decades of delayed diagnosis in 4 levodopa-responsive young-onset monogenetic parkinsonism patients.

Diagnosis and management of fibromyalgia: how and why.

[The chronic asthenia syndrome: a clinical approach].

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