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Strategies in identifying people with chronic fatigue syndrome
Author(s) -
Jason Leonard A.,
Fitzgibbon Genevieve,
Taylor Stephanie L.,
Johnson Sharon,
Salina Doreen
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6629(199310)21:4<339::aid-jcop2290210410>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - epidemiology , chronic fatigue syndrome , psychiatry , medicine , chronic fatigue , psychology , environmental health
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome is an illness that is characterized by debilitating fatigue. Few non‐treatment‐based epidemiological studies have been conducted in assessing rates of this disorder. Problems in conducting non‐community‐based prevalence studies are discussed. In addition, pilot data showing strategies to reach people afflicted with CFS are presented. It is argued that community‐based epidemiological efforts are needed in order to estimate prevalence rates of this disorder.