… for meta-synthesis of qualitative research, we chose meta-… The studies were conducted in
UK = 28; Norway = 7; USA = 7; Australia … NHS specialist CFS/ME services Thematic analysis Y …

… Synthesis of qualitative research, following a thematic analysis approach. Results … at
three NHS specialist ‘CFS/ME’ services in England. NHS specialist ‘CFS/ME’ services followed …

… CFS/ME in each GP practice across England, 25% of which are … their illness or referral to
specialist services to endorse complex … CFS/ME community, future qualitative research may be …

… service approaches vary considerably across the UK health system. Tellingly, this report
emphasised that, as the area of CFS/ME ‘… research that focuses on firsthand patient experiences …

… ME Association, a UK-based ME/CFS patient organisation (see … in this study are consistent
with wider qualitative research (… NICE guidelines and NHS ethos are predicated upon patient-…

… and experience on health care delivery for people with … UK, ME/CFS may cost some 40
billion Euros per year to health … Furthermore, we recommend that the specialist services should …

… The use of a qualitative approach to data collection and analysis offered several strengths
and limitations. One strength is that IPA elicited rich, insightful accounts of CFS experiences …

… Studies were included that used a qualitative approach to … This made the experience of
CFS/ME seem like a closed world.… should be delivered by specialist services. Guidance relating …

… 2], but as this study used the NICE criteria for CFS/ME, we employ … CFS/ME affects one-quarter
of a million people in the UK (∼0.4… A similar qualitative study for a GET trial may uncover …

… an NHS specialist paediatric CFS/ME service and families were eligible if the child was aged
between 5 and 11 years and had a diagnosis of CFS/ME… of state schools in the UK [32]) and …