Documenting disability in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

Autor:	Barbara B. Comerford, Richard N Podell, Mary E Dimmock
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	musculoskeletal diseases medicine.medical_specialty Functional impairment Functional impact Documentation Malaise 03 medical and health sciences Disability Evaluation 0302 clinical medicine Disability benefits Chronic fatigue syndrome Medicine Humans Disabled Persons 030212 general & internal medicine Psychiatry Fatigue Syndrome Chronic business.industry Rehabilitation Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cognition Objective Evidence medicine.disease medicine.symptom business Disability insurance 030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Zdroj:	Work (Reading, Mass.). 66(2)
ISSN:	1875-9270
Popis:	Background According to the 2015 National Academy of Medicine report, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) "is a serious, chronic, complex, and systemic disease that frequently and dramatically limits the activities of affected patients." ME/CFS affects between 1 and 2.5 million Americans, leaving as many as 75% unable to work due to physical, cognitive and functional impairment. Unfortunately, many doctors and lawyers lack the knowledge of how to properly document an ME/CFS disability claim, leaving patients unable to access disability benefits. Objective The goal of this article is to summarize the approaches used by experienced clinicians and lawyers in successful ME/CFS disability claims. Methods The authors reviewed the types of US disability insurance programs and the evidence commonly required by these programs to demonstrate ME/CFS disability. Results This article summarizes the range of methods used in successful US disability claims, which include documentation of the functional impact of post-exertional malaise and the use of methods that provide objective evidence of impairment. Conclusions Medical providers and lawyers can use these tested methods to obtain disability benefits for people with ME/CFS. Physical therapists, occupational therapists, and other specialists play an important role in providing objective evidence for ME/CFS disability claims.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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