A train-the-trainer education and promotion program: chronic fatigue syndrome–a diagnostic and management challenge

DJ Brimmer, KK McCleary, TA Lupton, KM Faryna… - BMC Medical …, 2008 - Springer
Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a complicated illness for providers and
patients. Fewer than 20% of persons with CFS have been diagnosed and treated. For …

Continuing medical education challenges in chronic fatigue syndrome

DJ Brimmer, KK McCleary, TA Lupton, KM Faryna… - BMC Medical …, 2009 - Springer
Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) affects at least 4 million people in the United
States, yet only 16% of people with CFS have received a diagnosis or medical care for their …

[PDF][PDF] Coverage of CFS within US medical schools

TM Peterson, TW Peterson, S Emerson… - Universal Journal of …, 2013 - Citeseer
Little is known about the extent to which chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is covered within
medical schools in the United States (US) The current study is an exploration of the extent …

US healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions concerning Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

DJ Brimmer, F Fridinger, JMS Lin, WC Reeves - BMC Family Practice, 2010 - Springer
Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating illness with particular
difficulties for healthcare providers because there are no diagnostic signs or laboratory tests …

Chronic fatigue syndrome: overcoming the attitudinal impasse

E Stein - Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
SUMMARY Context: Patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and their physicians are often
in conflict about the etiology and treatment of CFS. Objectives: 1. Survey the literature …

Using multiple sources of knowledge to reach clinical understanding of chronic fatigue syndrome

CA Chew-Graham, G Cahill, C Dowrick… - The Annals of Family …, 2008 - Annals Family Med
PURPOSE Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), or myalgic encephalitis (ME), is a contentious
condition and often a diagnosis of exclusion. Current policy in the United Kingdom …

A pilot registry of unexplained fatiguing illnesses and chronic fatigue syndrome

DJ Brimmer, E Maloney, R Devlin, JF Jones… - BMC Research …, 2013 - Springer
Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) has no diagnostic clinical signs or biomarkers,
so diagnosis requires ruling out conditions with similar signs and symptoms. We conducted …

Chronic fatigue syndrome: Helping patients cope with this enigmatic illness

NS Fuller, RE Morrison - Postgraduate medicine, 1998 - Taylor & Francis
PREVIEW Fatigue is the seventh most common problem in primary care practice. Among the
many causes is chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating illness that can affect persons of all …

Obstructions for quality care experienced by patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)—A case study

AM Gilje, A Söderlund, K Malterud - Patient Education and Counseling, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To explore obstructions for quality care from experiences by patients suffering
from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). METHODS: Qualitative case study with data drawn …

Identification of ambiguities in the 1994 chronic fatigue syndrome research case definition and recommendations for resolution

WC Reeves, A Lloyd, SD Vernon, N Klimas… - BMC health services …, 2003 - Springer
Background Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is defined by symptoms and disability, has no
confirmatory physical signs or characteristic laboratory abnormalities, and the etiology and …