Tag Archives: FITNET
FITNET trial reporting is misleading
Major charities and individuals have joined WAMES in expressing concern about the nature of the FITNET trial being run by Prof Esther Crawley, the lack of objective analysis in the media coverage and the questionable results from the original Dutch trial. WAMES does … Continue reading
Crawley study to compare online CBT & activity management for children
Today, November 1st 2016, Prof Esther Crawley launched a recruitment campaign in the media for her FITNET-NHS trial. The trial website describes the aim of the study: The FITNET-NHS study is a randomised controlled trial comparing two treatments for children with Chronic … Continue reading
Internet CBT no more effective long term than usual care
Abstract OBJECTIVE: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is known to be an effective treatment of adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), but its availability is limited. Fatigue in Teenagers on the Internet (FITNET), an Internet-based CBT program for adolescents with CFS, … Continue reading