1. Guest, the 'News in Brief' for the week beginning 4th January 2021 is here.
    Dismiss Notice
  2. Welcome! To read the Core Purpose and Values of our forum, click here.
    Dismiss Notice

Comparison of Fatigue Severity and Quality of Life between Unexplained Fatigue Patients and Explained Fatigue Patients, 2018, Kim et al

Discussion in 'PsychoSocial ME/CFS Research' started by Andy, May 26, 2018.

Tags:
  1. Andy

    Andy Committee Member & Outreach

    Messages:
    11,664
    Likes Received:
    83,854
    Location:
    Hampshire, UK
    Unexplained fatigue seems to be assumed to equate to CFS by the authors.
    https://www.kjfm.or.kr/journal/view.php?doi=10.4082/kjfm.2018.39.3.180
     
    Andy, May 26, 2018
    #1
    Luther Blissett, Invisible Woman and hedgehog like this.
  2. Trish

    Trish Moderator Staff Member

    Messages:
    29,456
    Likes Received:
    140,640
    Location:
    UK
    Interesting. It's in the Korean Journal of Family Medicine, so may be a good thing in recognising the need for more support for patients with unexplained fatigue. I wonder whether Korea recognises ME/CFS. I have only read the abstract.
     
    Trish, May 26, 2018
    #2
    Luther Blissett, alktipping, Invisible Woman and 1 other person like this.
  3. Andy

    Andy Committee Member & Outreach

    Messages:
    11,664
    Likes Received:
    83,854
    Location:
    Hampshire, UK
    Sadly they cite PACE as the evidence for CBT as a treatment in the conclusion. I don't remember that they mention GET or not.
     
    Andy, May 26, 2018
    #3
    Luther Blissett, alktipping, Invisible Woman and 1 other person like this.
  4. Trish

    Trish Moderator Staff Member

    Messages:
    29,456
    Likes Received:
    140,640
    Location:
    UK
    Ah, not so good then, if they are using PACE as the kind of support they are talking about.
     
    Trish, May 26, 2018
    #4
    Luther Blissett, alktipping, Invisible Woman and 2 others like this.
  5. Wonko

    Wonko Senior Member (Voting Rights)

    Messages:
    4,378
    Likes Received:
    32,762
    Location:
    UK
    But surely in that case, after a while, the "fatigue" would no longer be "unexplained", as it would be caused by the advice to ignore what their own bodies are telling them, leading to a worsening, but explained, "fatigue" (amongst other things) so according to the abstract of this paper the victims QoL should then improve.
     
    Wonko, May 26, 2018
    #5
    Luther Blissett, alktipping and Invisible Woman like this.

Share This Page