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| Title |
Specialist treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME: a cohort study among adult patients in England
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| Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, July 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12913-017-2437-3 |
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| Authors |
Simon M Collin, Esther Crawley |
| Abstract |
NHS specialist chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) services in England treat approximately 8000 adult patients each year. Variation in therapy programmes and treatment outcomes across services has not been described. We described treatments provided by 11 CFS/ME specialist services and we measured changes in patient-reported fatigue (Chalder, Checklist Individual Strength), function (SF-36 physical subscale, Work & Social Adjustment Scale), anxiety and depression (Hospital Anxiety & Depression Scale), pain (visual analogue rating), sleep (Epworth, Jenkins), and overall health (Clinical Global Impression) 1 year after the start of treatment, plus questions about impact of CFS/ME on employment, education/training and domestic tasks/unpaid work. A subset of these outcome measures was collected from former patients 2-5 years after assessment at 7 of the 11 specialist services. Baseline data at clinical assessment were available for 952 patients, of whom 440 (46.2%) provided 1-year follow-up data. Treatment data were available for 435/440 (98.9%) of these patients, of whom 175 (40.2%) had been discharged at time of follow-up. Therapy programmes varied substantially in mode of delivery (individual or group) and number of sessions. Overall change in health 1 year after first attending specialist services was 'very much' or 'much better' for 27.5% (115/418) of patients, 'a little better' for 36.6% (153/418), 'no change' for 15.8% (66/418), 'a little worse' for 12.2% (51/418), and 'worse' or 'very much worse' for 7.9% (33/418). Among former patients who provided 2- to 5-year follow-up (30.4% (385/1265)), these proportions were 30.4% (117/385), 27.5% (106/385), 11.4% (44/385), 13.5% (52/385), and 17.1% (66/385), respectively. 85.4% (327/383) of former patients responded "Yes" to "Do you think that you are still suffering from CFS/ME?" 8.9% (34/383) were "Uncertain", and 5.7% (22/383) responded "No". This multi-centre NHS study has shown that, although one third of patients reported substantial overall improvement in their health, CFS/ME is a long term condition that persists for the majority of adult patients even after receiving specialist treatment. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 81 | 35% |
| United States | 11 | 5% |
| Germany | 8 | 3% |
| Canada | 6 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 5 | 2% |
| Australia | 5 | 2% |
| Ireland | 3 | 1% |
| Sweden | 2 | <1% |
| France | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 5 | 2% |
| Unknown | 105 | 45% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 203 | 87% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 18 | 8% |
| Scientists | 5 | 2% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 4 | 2% |
| Unknown | 3 | 1% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 67 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 7 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 6 | 9% |
| Student > Bachelor | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 4 | 6% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 6% |
| Other | 12 | 18% |
| Unknown | 29 | 43% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 25% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 8 | 12% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 3% |
| Sports and Recreations | 1 | 1% |
| Other | 2 | 3% |
| Unknown | 34 | 51% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 165. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 20 January 2024.
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