Coping with chronic fatigue syndrome: illness responses and their relationship with fatigue, functional impairment and emotional status
| Autor: | William R. C. Weir, Sally Jefferies, Colette Ray |
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| Rok vydání: | 1995 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Coping (psychology) Functional impairment Fatigue Syndrome Chronic Emotions Middle Aged medicine.disease Severity of Illness Index Psychiatry and Mental health Locus of control Cross-Sectional Studies Adaptation Psychological medicine Chronic fatigue syndrome Humans Disengagement theory Psychiatry Psychology Social Adjustment Applied Psychology Internal-External Control |
| Zdroj: | Psychological medicine. 25(5) |
| ISSN: | 0033-2917 |
| Popis: | SYNOPSISThe implications of patients' approaches to managing chronic fatigue syndrome were examined in a cross-sectional study. With severity of fatigue controlled, attempting to maintain activity was associated with less functional impairment, while accommodating to the illness was positively related to impairment; behavioural disengagement was related not only to higher levels of impairment but also to greater emotional disturbance. Fatigue itself was positively associated with focusing on symptoms and with behavioural disengagement; it was associated also with illness accommodation, but only for illness of longer duration. The causal direction of relationships between coping and fatigue severity is ambiguous, and a follow-up study will address the effects of coping on changes in the illness over time. |
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