Association between CFS and suicidality among survivors of Middle East respiratory syndrome over a 2-year follow-up period, 2021, Ahn

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I can't see any CFS criteria being mentioned, so I'm not sure whether the patients are well-defined CFS patients or not.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7888998/

J Psychiatr Res. 2021 Feb 17
doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2021.02.029 [Epub ahead of print]
PMCID: PMC7888998
Association between chronic fatigue syndrome and suicidality among survivors of Middle East respiratory syndrome over a 2-year follow-up period
So-Hyun Ahn,a Jeong Lan Kim,a Jang Rae Kim,b So Hee Lee,b,∗ Hyeon Woo Yim,c Hyunsuk Jeong,c Jeong-Ho Chae,d,∗∗ Hye Yoon Park,e Jung Jae Lee,f and Hae Woo Leeg



Abstract

Suicide is an important public health issue during the current pandemic of emerging infectious diseases (EIDs).

In EIDs, various symptoms persist even after recovery, and chronic fatigue is among those that are commonly reported.

The aim of this study was to examine the effects of chronic fatigue syndrome on suicidality during the recovery phase among survivors of Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS).

MERS survivors were recruited from five centers and prospectively followed up for 2 years. In total, 63 participants were registered at 12 months (T1), of whom 53 and 50 completed the assessments at 18 months (T2) and 24 months (T3), respectively.

Suicidality and chronic fatigue were evaluated using the suicidality module of the Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) and the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), respectively.

We analyzed the relationship between chronic fatigue and suicidality during the follow-up period using the generalized estimating equation (GEE).

The suicidality rates were 22.2% (n = 14), 15.1% (n = 8), and 10.0% (n = 5) at T1–T3, respectively.

Of the 63 participants, 29 had chronic fatigue syndrome at T1.

The group that reported chronic fatigue syndrome at T1 was more likely to experience suicidality during the 2-year follow-up than the group that reported otherwise (RR: 7.5, 95% CI: 2.4–23.1).

This association was present even after adjusting for potential confounders (RR: 7.6, 95% CI: 2.2-26.0).

Chronic fatigue syndrome and suicide risk among emerging infectious disease (EID) survivors should be acknowledged, and effective interventions must be developed.
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Heh. I noticed this one, it could have been somewhat useful to know the proportion of "recovered" from MERS who fit CFS diagnostic criteria, or frankly any general health evaluation, but frankly this study is too much of a mess to tell anything.

No idea why they focused on "suicidality" instead of just evaluating the overall health and function, including how many fit CFS criteria. I may have just overlooked but couldn't quickly find how they determined caseness for CFS. In their sample about half fit "CFS" criteria, whatever that means.

Just more junk research that could have been useful had they kept it simple.
 
Yeah, this isn't ME/CFS per se, but, I think we can agree with their conclusion that effective treatments to alleviate "this s" are needed.
I could think of an effective way to resolve suicidality in ME sufferers, and here's a hint: It has more to do with resolving ME, rather than symptomatically treating suicidality.
 
i felt suicidal at the eigteenth month period when it finally sunk in that the medical profession were clueless when it came to actually helping me recover/return to being my previous fit and active self . fortunately or not my empathy for others brought me back from the literal edge of the block of flats who's roof i was standing on the thought of children nearby finding the resulting mess was very sobering .
 
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