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    Implications of the quality of the doctor-patient relationship on health in adult ME/CFS patients... 2023 Habermann-Horstmeier & Horstmeier

    Looks like an interesting paper with a large sample size. Unfortunate that it is only published in German and behind a paywall.
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Dec 8, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    CDC Data Brief: Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in Adults: United States, 2021–2022, 2023, Vahratian, Unger et al

    Suspect the data might not be very reliable but still found this notable: The percentage of ME/CFS increased with increasing rurality, from 1.0%...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Dec 8, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    A Quick and Practical Approach to Secure a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis: The Novel Functional Limitation Index 2023, Corbalan et al

    Thanks @Hutan
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 25, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    A Quick and Practical Approach to Secure a Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Diagnosis: The Novel Functional Limitation Index 2023, Corbalan et al

    They write: We developed an objective performance single value, the Functional Limitation Index (FLI), calculated as (VO2 peak/VO2 SM)/(VO2...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 25, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    Review Frontiers in chronic fatigue syndrome research: An analysis of the top 100 most influential articles in the field, 2023, Wang

    I don't think infectious retrovirus will become one of the focal points and trends in future CFS research. They probably picked up the XMRV...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 21, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    Opinions on payments to participants in research

    I think it depends on the goal. When there is extensive testing with multiple visits that is quite taxing it might be most appropriate to...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 20, 2023 in forum: Trial design including bias, placebo effect
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    Trial Report “The burden of post-acute COVID-19 symptoms in a multinational network cohort analysis”, 2023, Kostka et al.

    I think, at the moment, the one by Rosmalen and her Lifelines cohort is one of the best, unfortunately. Persistence of somatic symptoms after...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 18, 2023 in forum: Long Covid research
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    Trial Report The economic burden of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome in Australia, 2023, Zhao

    Sounds interesting. Anyone knows how to get the full version of the paper?
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 11, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    Increased risk of chronic fatigue syndrome following infection: a 17-year population-based cohort study, 2023, Chang et al

    Among individual pathogens, infection with Borrelia burgdorferi (the bacteria that causes Lyme Disease) seems to have resulted in the highest...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 11, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    (…) overestimation of effects in randomized trials that fail to optimize randomization and blind patients and outcome assessors, Wang, Guyatt+, 2023

    Someone kindly shared the paper with me and it seems that the MetaBlind study was included. I'm not fully sure how the treatment effect for...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 10, 2023 in forum: Research methodology news and research
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    (…) overestimation of effects in randomized trials that fail to optimize randomization and blind patients and outcome assessors, Wang, Guyatt+, 2023

    Thanks for tagging @cassava7 I don't have access to the text but this looks like a summary of both the meta-epidemiological studies and the...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 9, 2023 in forum: Research methodology news and research
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    Is NICE losing its standing as a trusted source of guidance? 2023, Jonathan A Michaels, honorary professor of clinical decision science

    Rather inappropriate of him to use the opposition to the ME/CFS guidance to make his case against NICE because it was about something completely...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 9, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research news
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    France: 2023 COVARS Report on Long Covid

    Looks like a good report indeed. As cassava says, it calls for awareness campaigns on post-infectious syndromes, education in medical schools,...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 8, 2023 in forum: Long Covid news
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    Patient perspectives of recovery from [ME/CFS]: An interpretive description study, 2023, Hasan, Busse et al

    The paper states: "This study was funded through an anonymous donor via the McMaster University Trust." I wonder if this donation was solely...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 6, 2023 in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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    Review Does the effect of CBT for CFS (ME/CFS) vary by patient characteristics? A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis, 2023, Knoop

    Yes I think that it is what happened: they recorded the data on PEM to assess the Fukuda criteria but I'm not sure what exact question they used....
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 6, 2023 in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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    Review Does the effect of CBT for CFS (ME/CFS) vary by patient characteristics? A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis, 2023, Knoop

    In the supplementary materials they give an overview of their assessment. Lack of blinding + subjective outcome measures did not lead to high risk...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 6, 2023 in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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    Review Does the effect of CBT for CFS (ME/CFS) vary by patient characteristics? A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis, 2023, Knoop

    This is from memory, but I think the 2003 paper only clarified some ambiguities in the Fukuda criteria and recommended some questionnaires to use....
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 6, 2023 in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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    Review Does the effect of CBT for CFS (ME/CFS) vary by patient characteristics? A systematic review and individual patient data meta-analysis, 2023, Knoop

    All of the 8 included studies were from the same research team (the Dutch research team of Knoop/Belijenberg). The review states: "All studies...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 6, 2023 in forum: Psychosomatic research - ME/CFS and Long Covid
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    Trial Report Successful treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome using hydrogen gas: four case reports, 2023, Hirano

    Rather strange that the paper writes: "Ethical approval was waived for this study because it is not a research study." Also: some of the authors...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 6, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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    A qualitative study of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome patients’ dissatisfaction with healthcare services, 2023, Melby and das Nair

    Some quotes from the article: "ME/CFS participants faced a lack of clinical care, information, advice, and practical health on how to look after...
    Post by: ME/CFS Skeptic, Nov 3, 2023 in forum: ME/CFS research
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