severity

  1. Sly Saint

    Severity rating scale tool

    I found this on Scotlands NHS web pages and also on an Australian clinics website. Anyone know how it 'works'?
  2. Sly Saint

    A Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) severity score based on case designation criteria 2013 Baraniuk et al

    Abstract Background: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome case designation criteria are scored as physicians’ subjective, nominal interpretations of patient fatigue, pain (headaches, myalgia, arthralgia, sore throat and lymph nodes), cognitive dysfunction, sleep and exertional exhaustion. Methods...
  3. RedFox

    What is a proper DALY weight for ME/CFS?

    Inspired by our thread on A proposal for further developing fatigue-related post COVID-19 health states for burden of disease studies 2023 Wyper et al A DALY weight is used to calculated years lost to disability from a disease. It's an estimate of your percentage of health with a certain...
  4. Midnattsol

    Assessing Functional Capacity in [ME/CFS]: A Patient Informed Questionnaire [FUNCAP], 2024, Sommerfelt et al

    Now published. https://www.s4me.info/threads/assessing-functional-capacity-in-me-cfs-a-patient-informed-questionnaire-funcap-2024-sommerfelt-et-al.35464/page-3#post-538060 The discussion thread before the preprint was published and the preprint thread have been merged. Discussion of the...
    • Midnattsol
    • Thread
    • funcap norway questionnaire research methodology severity
    • Replies: 93
    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  5. Samuel

    The order of magnitude is off — ME/CFS is a human rights issue

    the order of magnitude of the scale and scope of the problem is completely off. [perception and addressing of.] i posted this on a thread briefly then deleted it and reposting it. i don't know where to put it. that is not the best place. a few notes about human rights. WARNING: i am not...
    • Samuel
    • Thread
    • addressing human rights incommensurate mismatch moral inversion order of magnitude perception politics reality response scale scope seriousness severity
    • Replies: 8
    • Forum: General Advocacy Discussions
  6. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Studies on mild, moderate and severe ME/CFS

    Hi, I'm looking for papers that separated ME/CFS patients into different grades of severity with some epidemiological data on each of the groups. For example, if you were to divide the entire ME/CFS population into mild, moderate, severe and very severe, what percentage would be given to each...
  7. John Mac

    Homebound versus Bedridden Status among Those with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2021, Jason et al

    https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/2/106/htm
    • John Mac
    • Thread
    • 2021 25% bedbound homebound leonard jason me/cfs paper severity
    • Replies: 19
    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  8. Graham

    Measuring the severity of ME

    I've been studying the sf-36 physical functioning questionnaire and the Chalder fatigue scale for some time now, and am convinced that they are too susceptible to outside influences. A question like "Walking several hundred yards – are you limited a lot, limited a little or not limited at all?"...
  9. Andy

    What scientific evidence do the current classifications have ... to assess occupational disability in ... central sensitisation syndrome, 2020, Ramos

    Full title: What scientific evidence do the current classifications have in order to assess occupational disability in patients with central sensitisation syndrome? Abstract in English, full paper in Spanish. Paywall, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1138359320302616...
  10. John Mac

    Validation of the Severity of ME/CFS by Other Measures than History: Activity Bracelet, CPET, SF-36. van Campen et al, 2020

    Full title: Validation of the Severity of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome by Other Measures than History: Activity Bracelet, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and a Validated Activity Questionnaire: SF-36 https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/8/3/273
    • John Mac
    • Thread
    • 2020 actigraphy activity levels cpet exercise physiology me/cfs monitoring paper severity sf-36 van campen
    • Replies: 31
    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  11. John Mac

    Accurate and Objective Determination of ME/CFS Disease Severity with a Wearable Sensor. Palombo et al. 2020

    Full Title: Accurate and Objective Determination of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Disease Severity with a Wearable Sensor https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-48360/v1
  12. Andy

    Autonomic Phenotypes in Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) are Associated with Illness Severity: A Cluster Analysis, 2020, Zalewski, Morten, Newton et al

    Open access, https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/8/2531
    • Andy
    • Thread
    • 2020 arterial stiffness autonomic dysfunction karl morten me/cfs newton paper pawel zalewski severity
    • Replies: 3
    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  13. Sly Saint

    Gulf War Illness Symptom Severity and Onset: A Cross-Sectional Survey : Baraniuk et al Feb 2020

    Cayla M Fappiano, USAF, James N Baraniuk, MD https://academic.oup.com/milmed/advance-article/doi/10.1093/milmed/usz471/5721123?searchresult=1
  14. Dolphin

    Central Sensitization Syndrome and Hypothyroidism: An Evaluation of Symptom Severity and Comorbid Diagnoses, 2019, Howard et al

    Gives percentages of those with CFS broken down by severity https://www.spotlightonresearch.com/health-science-research/kh2019 Free full text: https://www.spotlightonresearch.com/s/Howard-K-et-al-2019-xtxp.pdf
  15. Dolphin

    The Effect of Curcumin in Patients with CFS/ME Disparate Responses in Different Disease Severities, 2019, van Campen & Visser

    Free full text: http://edelweisspublications.com/edelweiss/article/effect-curcumin-patients-chronic-fatigue-syndrome-myalgic-encephalomyelitis-2638-8235-pvpe-19-112.pdf
    • Dolphin
    • Thread
    • 2019 campen curcumin me/cfs paper severity treatment visser
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  16. Sly Saint

    Fatigue severity in anti-nuclear antibody-positive individuals does not correlate with pro-inflammatory cytokine levels..., 2019, Hafiz et al

    Fatigue severity in anti-nuclear antibody-positive individuals does not correlate with pro-inflammatory cytokine levels or predict imminent progression to symptomatic disease Waleed Hafiz, Rawad Nori, Ariana Bregasi, Babak Noamani, Dennisse Bonilla, Larissa Lisnevskaia, Earl Silverman, Arthur...
  17. Simone

    Scales which measure disease severity

    I’m after some information about scales which measure severity of disease in ME/CFS, in terms of functional impairment (mild vs severe). There seem to be several which measure symptom severity and, whilst there will likely be a correlation between symptom and disease severity, they’re not the...
  18. Andy

    Is the efficacy of repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation influenced by baseline severity of fatigue symptom in patients with [ME], 2019, Yang

    Paywall, https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00207454.2019.1663189 Sci hub, https://sci-hub.se/10.1080/00207454.2019.1663189
    • Andy
    • Thread
    • 2019 me/cfs paper severity transcranial stimulation yang
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: ME/CFS research
  19. Andy

    MEA Website Survey: Illness Severity and Definitions | 05 August 2019

    www.meassociation.org.uk/2019/08/mea-website-survey-illness-severity-and-definitions-05-august-2019/
  20. adambeyoncelowe

    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: Questionnaires and Scales used in ME or CFS research I've wondered if it should be moderate, substantial, severe, very severe instead. I can't...
Back
Top Bottom