Functional status of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome in the Wichita, Kansas, population
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Functional status of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome in the Wichita, Kansas, population Laura Solomon1, Rosane Nisenbaum1, Michele Reyes1,2, Dimitris A Papanicolaou3 and William C Reeves*1 Address: 1Division of Viral and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA, 2Current affiliation: Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA and 3Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA Email: Laura Solomon - [email protected]; Rosane Nisenbaum - [email protected]; Michele Reyes - [email protected]; Dimitris A Papanicolaou - [email protected]; William C Reeves* - [email protected] * Corresponding author
Published: 03 October 2003 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2003, 1:48
Received: 15 May 2003 Accepted: 03 October 2003
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Abstract Background: Scant research has adequately addressed the impact of chronic fatigue syndrome on patients' daily activities and quality of life. Enumerating specific problems related to quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome patients can help us to better understand and manage this illness. This study addresses issues of functional status in persons with chronic fatigue syndrome and other fatiguing illnesses in a population based sample, which can be generalized to all persons with chronic fatigue. Methods: We conducted a random telephone survey in Wichita, Kansas to identify persons with chronic fatigue syndrome and other fatiguing illnesses. Respondents reporting severe fatigue of at least 1 month's duration and randomly selected non-fatigued respondents were asked to participate in a detailed telephone interview. Participants were asked about symptoms, medical and psychiatric illnesses, and about physical, social, and recreational functioning. Those meeting the 1994 chronic fatigue syndrome case definition, as determined on the basis of their telephone responses, were invited for clinical evaluation to confirm a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome. For this analysis, we evaluated unemployment due to fatigue, number of hours per week spent on work, chores, and other activities (currently and prior to the onset of fatigue), and energy level. Results: There was no difference between persons with chronic fatigue syndrome and persons with a chronic fatigue syndrome-like illness that could be explained by a medical or psychiatric condition for any of the outcomes we measured except for unemployment due to fatigue (15% vs. 40%, P < .01). Persons with chronic fatigue syndrome an
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