Title |
Participant attributions for global change ratings in unexplained chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome
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Published in |
Journal of Health Psychology, June 2014
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DOI | 10.1177/1359105314535458 |
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Authors |
Fred Friedberg, Janna Coronel, Viktoria Seva, Jenna L Adamowicz, Anthony Napoli |
Abstract |
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to identify participants' attributions for their global impression of change ratings in a behavioral intervention for unexplained chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome. At 3-month follow-up, participants (N = 67) were asked "Why do you think you are (improved, unchanged, worse)?" Improved patients pointed to specific behavioral changes, unchanged patients referred to a lack of change in lifestyle, and worsened patients invoked stress and/or specific life events. Identifying patient perceptions of behaviors associated with patient global impression of change-rated improvement and non-improvement may assist in developing more effective management strategies in clinical care. |
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United Kingdom | 3 | 50% |
Netherlands | 1 | 17% |
Unknown | 2 | 33% |
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Members of the public | 5 | 83% |
Scientists | 1 | 17% |
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Unknown | 36 | 100% |
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Student > Master | 5 | 14% |
Researcher | 5 | 14% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 14% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 2 | 6% |
Other | 6 | 17% |
Unknown | 9 | 25% |
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Psychology | 9 | 25% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 14% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 8% |
Social Sciences | 3 | 8% |
Neuroscience | 2 | 6% |
Other | 2 | 6% |
Unknown | 12 | 33% |