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  1. Andy
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    Assessment of functional somatic disorders in epidemiological research: Self-report questionnaires vs diagnostic interviews,2021, Petersen, Fink et al

    Highlights • Prevalence of diagnoses were lower in the diagnostic interview than in self-reported questionnaires. • Discrepancies constituted the...
    Thread by: Andy, Apr 24, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  2. Andy
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    The Beighton Score as a measure of generalised joint hypermobility, 2021, Malek et al

    Abstract The Beighton Score (BS) is a set of manoeuvres in a nine-point scoring system, used as the standard method of assessment for Generalised...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 21, 2021, 0 replies, in forum: Fibromyalgia and Connective Tissue Disorders
  3. rvallee
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    Measurement Schmeasurement: Questionable Measurement Practices and How to Avoid Them

    In this article, we define questionable measurement practices (QMPs) as decisions researchers make that raise doubts about the validity of the...
    Thread by: rvallee, Dec 10, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  4. Sly Saint
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    Systematic Review of Primary Outcome Measurements for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in RCTs: 2020, Do-Young Kim et al

    Systematic Review of Primary Outcome Measurements for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in Randomized Controlled Trials...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Oct 28, 2020, 3 replies, in forum: BioMedical ME/CFS Research
  5. Andy
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    WHO Disability Assessment Schedule 2.0 (WHODAS 2.0)

    WHODAS 2.0 is: A generic assessment instrument for health and disability A tool to produce standardized disability levels and profiles Applicable...
    Thread by: Andy, Oct 11, 2020, 13 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  6. Ravn
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    Defining and Measuring Post-Exertional Malaise - a discussion

    Moderator note: This post has been copied and following posts moved from this thread: Epidemiological and clinical factors associated with...
    Thread by: Ravn, Jul 2, 2020, 77 replies, in forum: Diagnostic Guidelines
  7. Sly Saint
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    Cognitive behavioural responses to envy: development of a new measure - Oct 2019 Chalder et al

    Abstract Background: Envy is depicted as motivating destructive desires and actions intended to spoil or destroy that which is envied. Aim: To...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Nov 7, 2019, 12 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  8. Andy
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    Development of a Scale to Measure an Unemployment Syndrome: Items Generation and Content Validity, 2019, Bocchino et al

    Definitely not a recommendation. PURPOSE To develop a scale for a group of symptoms based on the unemployment syndrome. METHODS The development...
    Thread by: Andy, Nov 2, 2019, 11 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  9. Sly Saint
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    Measuring fatigue in Multiple Sclerosis - The Modified Fatigue Impact Scale

    Description The MFIS is a modified form of the Fatigue Impact Scale (Fisk et al, 1994b) based on items derived from interviews with MS patients...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Sep 1, 2019, 0 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  10. Sly Saint
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    Quantifying the Association Between Psychotherapy Content and Clinical Outcomes Using Deep Learning (2019) Ewbank et al.

    Psychosocial research: still not acknowledging failings (unless you look beyond the abstract) - (original title of thread) August 22, 2019...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Aug 28, 2019, 4 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  11. Esther12
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    Measurements of Recovery and Predictors of Outcome in an Untreated CFS Sample (2019) Thomas et al.

    This post and the following ones have been moved from this thread. I was just looking at this new paper from the author: Measurements of...
    Thread by: Esther12, May 16, 2019, 7 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  12. adambeyoncelowe
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    ME severity scales - discussion

    Moderator note. This post has been copied and following posts moved from this thread. See also this members only poll and discussion Library...
    Thread by: adambeyoncelowe, May 14, 2019, 69 replies, in forum: Diagnostic Guidelines
  13. Andy
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    A Validated Scale for Assessing the Severity of Acute Infectious Mononucleosis, 2019, Jason et al

    Abstract OBJECTIVES: To develop a scale for the severity of mononucleosis. STUDY DESIGN: One to 5 percent of college students develop infectious...
    Thread by: Andy, Mar 16, 2019, 14 replies, in forum: BioMedical ME/CFS Research
  14. Sly Saint
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    'Heaviness' - could it be used as a measurement?

    At the other place I started a thread (Feeling very heavy - symptom that rarely gets mentioned) with this post: " I have come across anecdotal...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Dec 15, 2018, 22 replies, in forum: Post-Exertional Malaise, Fatigue, and Crashes
  15. John Mac
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    Pitfalls In Cytokine Measurements – Plasma TGF-Β1 In Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

    RESULTS: 50 patients and 48 controls were included in cohort I, and 90 patients and 29 controls in cohort II. Within the cohorts there were no...
    Thread by: John Mac, Sep 28, 2018, 1 replies, in forum: BioMedical ME/CFS Research
  16. MSEsperanza
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    Objective assessment of diverse types of MS related fatigue and fatiguability

    The following list of studies and other papers could be helpful with regard to the claim that symptoms classified as 'fatigue' can't be measured...
    Thread by: MSEsperanza, May 20, 2018, 36 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
  17. Sly Saint
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    Symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalopathy are not determined by activity pacing when measured by the chronic pain coping inventory.

    Physiotherapy. 2018 Mar;104(1):129-135. doi: 10.1016/j.physio.2017.07.005. Epub 2017 Aug 4. Symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 15, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research
  18. Sly Saint
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    Weighting of orthostatic intolerance time measurements with standing difficulty score stratifies ME/CFS symptom severity and analyte detection

    Weighting of orthostatic intolerance time measurements with standing difficulty score stratifies ME/CFS symptom severity and analyte detection...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Apr 13, 2018, 4 replies, in forum: BioMedical ME/CFS Research
  19. Sly Saint
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    Perceived fatigue and energy are independent unipolar states: Supporting evidence - B Loy +

    " Abstract Persistent fatigue is a common problem (∼20–45% of U.S. population), with higher prevalence and severity in people with medical...
    Thread by: Sly Saint, Mar 15, 2018, 2 replies, in forum: Health News and Research unrelated to ME/CFS
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