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Chronic fatigue syndrome: A new challenge for health care professionals
Author(s) -
Jason Leonard A.,
Wagner Lynne,
Taylor Renee,
Ropacki Michael T.,
Shlaes Jennifer,
Ferrari Joseph R.,
Slavich Susan P.,
Stenzel Cheryl
Publication year - 1995
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(199504)23:2<143::aid-jcop2290230205>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - chronic fatigue syndrome , epidemiology , comorbidity , psychiatry , medicine , public health , health professionals , disease , health care , psychology , nursing , pathology , economics , economic growth
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) is a new challenge to health care professionals. During the last decade, scientists have (a) created diagnostic criteria for CFS, (b) devised CFS assessment approaches, (c) collected CFS epidemiological data, and (d) formulated CFS treatment approaches. The CFS diagnostic criteria identify a subpopulation of individuals with this disorder, and those individuals might have a greater tendency to have psychiatric comorbidity. In addition, the initial CFS epidemiological data collected might have underestimated the prevalence of this disorder. If current estimated prevalence rates of CFS are inaccurate, these estimates could have detrimental public policy implications. Health care professionals need to assume a larger role in defining this syndrome, in developing more sensitive research strategies for collecting data with CFS samples, in conceptualizing more complex theories for understanding this disease, in conducting more rigorous CFS epidemiological research, and in devising more comprehensive treatment approaches for CFS.