Physical activity in chronic fatigue syndrome: Assessment and its role in fatigue

Autor: J.F.M. Fennis, C.M.A. Swanink, Peter Joseph Jongen, E. Bazelmans, Jan H. Vercoulen, Gijs Bleijenberg, J.M.D. Galama, Otto R. Hommes, J.W.M. van der Meer
Rok vydání: 1997
Předmět:
Male
Lung Diseases
Activity level
Quinolone
Antifungal Agents
Pathogenese
epidemiologie en behandeling van microbiële infecties
Severity of Illness Index
law.invention
Cognition
Anti-Infective Agents
Randomized controlled trial
Antibiotics
law
Surveys and Questionnaires
Anti-Infective Agents
Quinolone
Medisch onderzoek
ziekenhuisbehandeling en chirurgie
Yeasts
Identificatie van risicofactoren voor chronische vermoeidheid
GeneralLiterature_REFERENCE(e.g.
dictionaries
encyclopedias
glossaries)
Cross Infection
Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic
Gram-Negative Aerobic Bacteria
Infectious
Candidiasis
Middle Aged
Bacteria
Aerobic
Psychiatry and Mental health
Fungal
Chronisch vermoeidheidssyndroom
Cytokines
Female
Fungemia
Adult
musculoskeletal diseases
medicine.medical_specialty
Medisch onderzoek
Physical activity
Physical exercise
ziekenhuisbehandeling en chirurgie
Opportunistic Infections
Reiter's Disease
Pathogenesis
epidemiology
and treatment of microbial infections
Gram-Negative Bacteria
Severity of illness
Blood-Borne Pathogens
medicine
Chronic fatigue syndrome
Humans
Aspergillosis
Meningitis
Biological Psychiatry
Depressive Disorder
Arthritis
Infectious
Lung Diseases
Fungal
Bacteria
business.industry
Arthritis
Multiple sclerosis
Aerobic
Identification of risk factors for chronic fatigue
medicine.disease
Meningitis
Fungal
Molecular Probes
Superinfection
Physical therapy
Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections
business
Psychomotor Performance
Zdroj: Journal of Psychiatric Research, 31, 661-673
Journal of Psychiatric Research, 31, 6, pp. 661-673
Journal of Psychiatric Research, 31, pp. 661-673
ISSN: 0022-3956
DOI: 10.1016/s0022-3956(97)00039-3
Popis: This paper describes the assessment of physical activity in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and investigated the following questions: Do patients with CFS have low levels of physical activity; is there a relationship between actual level of physical activity and fatigue; can self-report measures adequately assess actual level of physical activity; what is the role of cognitions with respect to physical activity; and are results with respect to physical activity specific to CFS? Three different types of activity measures were used: self-report questionnaires, a 12-day self-observation list, and a motion-sensing device (Actometer) which was used as a reference for actual activity level. Fifty-one patients with CFS, 50 fatigued patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), and 53 healthy subjects participated in this study. Although none of the self-report questionnaires showed high correlations with the Actometer, questionnaires that require simple ratings of specified activities were related to the Actometer and can be used as acceptable substitutes, in contrast to instruments that require general subjective interpretations of activity that had low or non-significant correlations with the Actometer. Actometer results showed that CFS patients and MS patients had similar activity levels and both groups were significantly less active than healthy subjects. Compared to MS patients, CFS patients were more likely to indicate that they had been less active than other persons they knew. Activities which patients expected to result in higher fatigue levels were less frequently performed. Patients with CFS had significantly higher scores on this measure than MS patients and healthy subjects. Low levels of physical activity were related to severe fatigue in CFS but not in MS. In conclusion, although CFS patients have similar low activity levels than MS patients, there are also important differences between both groups: in CFS cognitive factors are more prominently involved in producing the low activity levels than in MS and in CFS patients activity level is related to fatigue but not in MS.
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