That seems pretty important. (Bearing in mind that the "fatigue" here isn't really fatigue, it's a range of things, but is better labelled as...
Yes, so the measure of fatigue is actually non-specific and so is the measure of psychological disorders. It's quite unreasonable to start...
So, to the GHQ-30, which supposedly detects cases of psychological disorder. That was the one that has 30 items, and people were defined as having...
Oh, here are the questions in the modified SOFA - the measure of fatigue: 1. I feel tired for a long time after physical activity 2. My...
"Fatigue was more common in women, patients of a lower socioeconomic status and patients with fewer years of formal education." Patients from the...
Around a quarter of people approached to participate refused. 1593 people participated. 75% of the sample was female. 25% of the participants...
Back to the 1996 paper: A series of questionnaires were administered to people attending GP clinics in Sydney. GHQ - General Health Questionnaire...
This paper has been cited in support of this statement: in an article in the Australian Family Physician by John Murtagh - reproduced on the...
An old but influential paper: I B Hickie 1, A W Hooker, D Hadzi-Pavlovic, B K Bennett, A J Wilson, A R Lloyd Abstract Objectives: To determine...
Revising a diagnosis of functional neurological disorder—a case report, 2020, Berry and Weithoff The text actually used the word 'refine', as in...
I agree about the variety of conditions dumped into the FND bucket. But we have seen enough published case studies of people who have been given...
Why would a trial like this report the numbers of people with each sort of marital status (single, married, divorced, widowed)? Or number of...
Fairly small sample size, which is not reported in the abstract. Quite a lot of loss of patients from the intention to treat - so they are only...
There's this website, which provides summaries about a range of anaesthetic related issues for doctors and student doctors. I've given the link...
It looks like a helpful resource, very comprehensive and empowering. Quite a number of points there that I would not have thought about. Things...
Follow the arrow in the quote to Art's post.
Some info that may perhaps help with understanding the CD40/CD40L costimulatory pathway The CD40/CD40L costimulatory pathway in inflammatory bowel...
At what point did the BPS brigade actually not focus on psychological factors? Oh, please. We've been fending off poorly based claims that...
:) The post-infection illness is probably because of his perfectionism. Or alpha personality. Or hyper vigilance. There's always a reason that...
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