Tag Archives: Simon M Collin
The feasibility & acceptability of an early intervention in primary care to prevent CFS in adults
The feasibility and acceptability of an early intervention in primary care to prevent chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in adults: randomised controlled trial, by Hazel O’Dowd, Lucy Beasant, Jenny Ingram, Alan Montgomery, Will Hollingworth, Daisy Gaunt, Simon M Collin, Sarah Horne, … Continue reading
Depressive symptoms at age 9-13 & chronic disabling fatigue at aged 16
Depressive symptoms at age 9-13 and chronic disabling fatigue at age 16: a longitudinal study, by Simon M Collin, Tom Norris, Carol Joinson, Maria E Loades, Glyn Lewis, Stephen A Stansfeld, Esther Crawley in Journal of Adolescence Vol 75, pp … Continue reading
Childhood sleep & adolescent CFS/ME
Research abstract: Childhood sleep and adolescent chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME): Evidence of associations in a UK birth cohort, by Simon M Collin, Tom Norris, Paul Gringras, Peter S Blair, Kate Tilling, Esther Crawley in Sleep Medicine [Preprint January 31, 2018] Highlights: Children … Continue reading
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
CFS/ME symptom-based phenotypes & 1 year treatment outcomes in UK & Netherlands
Research abstract: Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) symptom-based phenotypes and 1-year treatment outcomes in two clinical cohorts of adult patients in the UK and The Netherlands, by Simon M. Collin, Jon Heron, Stephanie Nikolaus, Hans Knoop, Esther Crawley in Journal of Psychosomatic Research Vol. 104, … Continue reading
Specialist treatment of CFS/ME: a cohort study among adult patients in England
Research abstract: Specialist treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME: A cohort study among adult patients in England, by Simon M Collin, Esther Crawley in BMC Health Services Research Vol. 17, p 488 [published July 14, 2017] Background: NHS specialist chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) services … Continue reading
Natural course of chronic disabling fatigue in adolescents
Research abstract Objective: Little is known about persistence of or recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) in adolescents. Previous studies have small sample sizes, short follow-up or have focused on fatigue rather than CFS/ME or, equivalently, chronic fatigue, which … Continue reading
A qualitative study of depression in young people with CFS/ME
Research abstract: Background: Paediatric chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) has a prevalence of 0.4–2.4% and is defined as ‘generalised disabling fatigue persisting after routine tests and investigations have failed to identify an obvious underlying cause’. One-third of young people with … Continue reading
Chronic fatigue affects 1.9% of 16 year olds & is more common with family adversity
Research abstract: BACKGROUND: In the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) birth cohort, chronic disabling fatigue lasting ≥6 months affected 1.3% of 13-year-olds, was equally common in boys and girls, and became more prevalent with increasing family adversity. … Continue reading
