Illness duration, mood and symptom impact in adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis?
| Autor: | Dougal S Hargreaves, Deborah Christie, Francesca K Neale, Terry Yvonne Segal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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musculoskeletal diseases
Male medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Adolescent media_common.quotation_subject Encephalomyelitis Illness duration Anxiety Severity of Illness Index 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Sex Factors 030225 pediatrics medicine Chronic fatigue syndrome Humans Psychiatry Child Depression (differential diagnoses) media_common Fatigue Syndrome Chronic business.industry Depression Age Factors medicine.disease Patient population Affect Mood Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female Worry medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Archives of disease in childhood. 105(9) |
| ISSN: | 1468-2044 |
| Popis: | Chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) is a disabling condition that affects 0.4% to 2.4%1 of adolescents in the UK. Previous studies have reported high levels of anxiety, depression and worry among adolescents with CFS/ME.2 In adult studies, concerns have been raised about delays in accessing specialist CFS/ME services and the impact of delays on patients’ health and well-being.3 4 In this study, we aimed first to assess the prevalence of self-reported anxiety/depression, worry and degree of symptom impact among our patient population of adolescents with CFS/ME. We then investigated whether longer illness duration was associated with higher prevalence of self-reported anxiety/depression, worry and symptom impact at initial assessment. One hundred and nine adolescents, aged 10 to 18 years (median 15.9 years), with a diagnosis of CFS/ME based … |
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