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The International collaborative on fatigue following infection (COFFI)
Article abstract: The international collaborative on fatigue following infection (COFFI), by Ben Z Katz, Simon M Collin, Gabrielle Murphy, Rona Moss-Morris, Vegard Bruun Wyller, Knut-Arne Wensaas, Jeannine L.A. Hautvast, Chantal P Bleeker-Rovers, Ute Vollmer-Conna, Dedra Buchwald, Renée Taylor, Paul Little, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben Z Katz, COFFI, Collaborative on Fatigue Following Infection, Dr Esther Crawley, Gabrielle Murphy, Prof Peter White, Rona Moss-Morris, Simon M Collin, Vergard Bruun Wyller
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Health care resource use by patients before & after a diagnosis of CFS/ME
Health care resource use by patients before and after a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME): A clinical practice research datalink study, by Simon Collin, Inger Bakken, Irwin Nazareth, Esther Crawley, & Peter D. White in BMC Family Practice. 18 20017 Research abstract: Background: Our … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Clinical Practice Research Datalink, CPRD, Dr Esther Crawley, GPs, Inger J. Bakken, Irwin Nazareth, NHS, primary care, Prof Peter White, Simon Collin
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Guided graded exercise self-help plus specialist medical care (GETSET)
A new research paper on a guided graded exercise programme has received much media coverage, some support and a lot of questions and criticisms. Links to a number of these follow. A summary of the paper’s conclusions can be found in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Mayer, Dr Daniel J Clauw, Dr Ellen CG Grant, Dr Ian Stirling, Dr Lucy V Clark, Francesca Pesola, GES, GETSET, Guided graded Exercise Self-help, Janice M Thomas, Mario Vergara-Williamson, Michelle Beynon, Prof Peter White, Sonya Chowdhury, Susan Mayor
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Prof Peter White says: If my team’s research on ME is rejected, the patients will suffer
Guardian opinion piece, by Peter White, 20 September 2016: ‘If my team’s research on ME is rejected, the patients will suffer’ Sufferers of chronic fatigue syndrome have been neglected too long. But our Pace trials show the right talking and … Continue reading
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Tagged CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, data sharing, GET, graded exercise therapy, Guardian, PACE trial, Prof Jonathan Edwards, Prof Peter White
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Exercise and therapy cure for ME is ‘seriously flawed’
Times article, by Tom Whipple, 28 September 2016: Exercise and therapy cure for ME is ‘seriously flawed’ A landmark study suggesting that ME could be treated with exercise and psychological intervention is seriously flawed, scientists have claimed. If correct, it … Continue reading
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Tagged exercise therapy, GET, graded exercise therapy, Prof George Lewith, Prof Peter White, Prof Philip Stark, Times, Tom Whipple
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ME/CFS Patient Organisations should be free to not promote CBT & GET for ME/CFS & the models underlying them
Facebook post by Tom Kindlon, 24 July 2016: ME/CFS Patient Organisations should be free to not promote CBT and GET for ME/CFS and the models underlying them As somebody involved in running a myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) patient organisation … Continue reading
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Tagged biopsychosocial model, CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, GET, graded exercise therapy, Prof Peter White, rehabilitation programmes, Tom Kindlon
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A UK based review of recommendations for the management of CFS
Research highlights: There were marked discrepancies between patient and professional sources’ views on treatment recommendations. Patient organisations preferentially recommended medicines, pacing and complementary treatments Medical organisations recommended rehabilitation therapies Research abstract: Objectives: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a controversial illness, with … Continue reading
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Tagged interventions, management, patient organisations, Prof Peter White, rehabilitation programmes, Tom Kindlon, treatments
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Complementary & alternative healthcare use by participants in PACE trial
Research abstract: Background: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is characterised by persistent fatigue, disability and a range of other symptoms. The PACE trial was randomised to compare four non-pharmacological treatments for patients with CFS in secondary care clinics. The aims of this sub study … Continue reading
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Tagged alternative medicine, complementary medicine, G Lewith, PACE trial, Prof Peter White, Trudie Chalder
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PLOS One journal restates position on data sharing to Prof Coyne
In the standoff over release of the PACE PLOS One trial data, has the journal just blinked? by James Coyne, 7 April 2016 I just received (April 7, 2016) another communication from the Managing Editor of PLOS One reporting an … Continue reading
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Tagged data sharing, Information Commissioner’s Office, PACE trial, PLOS One, Prof James C Coyne, Prof Peter White, Queen Mary University of London
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CFS symptom profiles in UK & Netherlands
Research highlights: • We explore chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) phenotypes in two large clinical cohorts. • Adults with CFS may have one of 6 symptom-based phenotypes. • Phenotypes were associated with sex, duration of illness, and comorbidity. • Polysymptomatic patients … Continue reading
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Tagged Dr Esther Crawley, latent class analysis, Netherlands, phenotypes, Prof Peter White, symptom profiles
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