The prognosis of different fatigue diagnostic labels: a longitudinal survey

Hamilton, William; Gallagher, Arlene M.; Thomas, Joyce; White, Peter D

doi:10.1093/fampra/cmi021

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“…Diese Aussage und deren Schlussfolgerung ist insofern interessant, als die aktuell diskutierten und evaluierten Behandlungsansätze bei funktionalen chronischen Erschöpfungszuständen [zur Übersicht: Malouff et al, 2008;Martin und Gaab, 2011] tatsächlich auf ätiologischen Modellen basieren und sich auch die aktuell diskutierten therapeutischen Vorgehensweisen aufgrund divergierender Annahmen zu Ursache, Aufrechterhaltung und Vorgehensweise stark unterscheiden. Am Beispiel einer aktuellen und viel diskutierten Studie [White et al, 2011b] [Johnston et al, 2013;Hamilton et al, 2005;White, 2007]. Aufgrund der großen Überlappung der somatischen Symptome ist eine eindeutige symptomatische Unterscheidung von depressiven Störungen nur nach ausführlicher differenzialdiagnostischer Abklärung [Dörr und Nater, 2013] White, 2004].…”

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Go West or Rest! Die Behandlung chronischer Erschöpfungssyndrome im Wandel der Zeiten

Gaab¹

2014

Verhaltenstherapie

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Die Behandlung chronischer Erschöpfungssyndrome wurde und wird kontrovers diskutiert, was trotz aller Eindeutigkeit der empirischen Faktenlage auf die divergierenden Annahmen zu den Ursachen der chronischen Erschöpfung und auf die Zielsetzungen der abgeleiteten therapeutischen Vorgehensweisen zurückzuführen ist. Interessanterweise lassen sich die wirksamen Behandlungen nicht durch die von ihnen postulierten Mechanismen erklären. Unter Berücksichtigung früherer und historischer Behandlungsansätze chronischer Erschöpfungssyndrome soll das Rational aktueller Vorgehensweisen kritisch hinterfragt und die Notwendigkeit weiterer Forschung zu den Veränderungsmechanismen hervorgehoben werden.

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Go West or Rest! Die Behandlung chronischer Erschöpfungssyndrome im Wandel der Zeiten

Gaab¹

2014

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“…In a similar vein, a longitudinal study by Hamilton et al (2005) followed 18,122 patients diagnosed with either CFS, ME, PVFS or fibromyalgia. Patients diagnosed with ME had a significantly worse prognosis compared to the other conditions.…”

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“…The authors comment that the diagnostic label itself appears to alter patient beliefs about prognosis, along with suggesting a poorer degree of treatability, thereby resulting in less utilisation of healthcare services. Wojcik, Armstrong & Kanaan (2011) commenting on Hamilton et al (2005) accredit these findings to the biological connotations of the ME nomenclature which implicitly excludes the psychosocial basis of interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy or graded exercise. Hamilton et al (2005) contend that overcoming `PVFS' has the best prognosis associated with it, positing that a viral infection which triggered the patients' fatigue is perceived as more benign than other conditions.…”

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“…Wojcik, Armstrong & Kanaan (2011) commenting on Hamilton et al (2005) accredit these findings to the biological connotations of the ME nomenclature which implicitly excludes the psychosocial basis of interventions such as cognitive behavioural therapy or graded exercise. Hamilton et al (2005) contend that overcoming `PVFS' has the best prognosis associated with it, positing that a viral infection which triggered the patients' fatigue is perceived as more benign than other conditions. Thus, the impact of prospective prognosis is argued to play a large role in overcoming these conditions, in their estimated treatability, use of healthcare services and compliance with treatment regimes.…”

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Does It Matter What You Call It? Lay Beliefs for Overcoming Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalomyelitis, and Post-Viral Fatigue Syndrome

McDermott

Bendle

Griffin

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Ethical Hum Psychol Psychiatry

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The study reported here examines variation in beliefs about how best to overcome a health complaint when it is nominally designated in one of 3 different ways, namely, as chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), or as post-viral fatigue syndrome (PVFS). In a repeated measures design, the participant sample (n = 140) was presented with an adapted version of Knapp and Karabenick’s (1985) questionnaire which asks respondents to rate the degree to which single-item coping strategies would be most useful for overcoming each of the 3 designated complaints. Factor analysis of the coping items produces 3 groups of items as belief components: “self-reliance,” “seeking help,” and “external control.” The chronic fatigue syndrome appellation invoked significantly higher scores on the self-reliance factor and on external control than did the other two diagnostic labels. However, seeking help was considered to be the most important strategy for overcoming all three of the designated incarnations of the condition. In conclusion, “chronic fatigue syndrome” is the linguistic construction that bestows the most beneficial outlook for assisting individuals to overcome this complaint. Thereby, the use of this descriptor in current medical nomenclatures arguably is well placed.

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“…For example, those who have symptoms suggestive of chronic fatigue syndrome who acquire certain labels such as 'myalgic encephalomyelitis' appear to do worse [28,29]. One can speculate that much the same might happen to soldiers who receive a label of 'mild traumatic brain injury' as opposed to 'concussion'.…”

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