Are chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome valid clinical entities across countries and health-care settings?

Ian Hickie; Tracey Davenport; Suzanne D Vernon; Rosane Nisenbaum; William C Reeves; Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic; Andrew Lloyd; International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group

doi:10.1080/00048670802534432

Are chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome valid clinical entities across countries and health-care settings?

Ian Hickie, Tracey Davenport, Suzanne D Vernon, Rosane Nisenbaum, William C Reeves, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic, Andrew Lloyd, International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group

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Abstract

The validity of the diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome and related chronic fatigue states remains controversial, particularly in psychiatry. This project utilized international epidemiological and clinical research data to test construct validity across diagnostic categories, health-care settings and countries. Relevant demographic, symptom and diagnostic data were obtained from 33 studies in 21 countries. The subjects had fatigue lasting 1-6 months (prolonged fatigue), or >6 months (chronic fatigue), or met diagnostic criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	25-35
Number of pages	11
Journal	The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/00048670802534432
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Hickie, I., Davenport, T., Vernon, S. D., Nisenbaum, R., Reeves, W. C., Hadzi-Pavlovic, D., Lloyd, A., & International Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Study Group (2009). Are chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome valid clinical entities across countries and health-care settings? The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry, 43(1), 25-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/00048670802534432

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