Nurse led, home based self help treatment for patients in primary care with chronic fatigue syndrome: randomised controlled trial.
Wearden, Alison J, Dowrick, Christopher, Chew-Graham, Carolyn et al.·BMJ (Clinical research ed.)·2010
This study tested whether two nurse-led home treatments could help ME/CFS patients in primary care: one program that gradually increased activity over time, and one that offered supportive listening. The activity program improved fatigue symptoms in the short term (20 weeks) compared to standard care, but this benefit faded by one year. The supportive listening approach did not help and may have worsened physical functioning.