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Highlights Literacy-adapted psychosocial pain treatments produce changes in pain beliefs. Individuals of low-socioeconomic status show improvements in pain beliefs. Teaching patients about the biopsychosocial nature of pain is promising. Abstract This is a secondary data analysis of a subgroup...

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399914001883?via%3Dihub (was this data ever released?)

Abstract Objectives We have developed and feasibility tested an activity pacing framework for clinicians to standardise their recommendations of activity pacing to patients with chronic pain/fatigue. This study aimed to explore the acceptability and fidelity to this framework in preparation for...

Abstract Psychosocial and socioeconomic adversity in early childhood (termed ‘social adversity’) can have lifelong detrimental effects on health and development. Physiological stress is one proposed mechanism by which social adversity ‘gets under the skin’. There is substantial research...

Now published, see https://www.s4me.info/threads/qualitative-study-of-the-acceptability-and-feasibility-of-acceptance-and-commitment-therapy-for-adolescents-with-cfs-2021-crawley-et-al.20297/page-2#post-382771 preprint Is it time to ACT? A qualitative study of the acceptability and feasibility...

obviously not new. " Summary Background The PACE trial found that, when added to specialist medical care (SMC), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), or graded exercise therapy (GET) were superior to adaptive pacing therapy (APT) or SMC alone in improving fatigue and physical functioning in...

Effectiveness of training in guideline-oriented biopsychosocial management of low-back pain in occupational health services – a cluster randomized controlled trial by Ryynänen et al. Objective This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of brief training in the guideline-oriented...

"Highlights • Adolescents with CFS, asthma and healthy controls undertook an exercise task. • Those with CFS took longer to complete a laboratory-based exercise task than controls. • They (and their parents) expected to perform worse. • They were more anxious pre-task and rated their performance...

Abstract Background: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS/ME) may get in the way of enjoying activities. A substantial minority of adolescents with CFS/ME are depressed. Anhedonia is a core symptom of depression. Anhedonia in adolescents with CFS/ME has not been previously investigated. Method: One...

OBJECTIVES--To determine the symptomatic and functional status during follow up of patients referred to hospital with unexplained fatigue and to identify patient variables associated with persistent functional impairment. DESIGN--Follow up by postal questionnaire six weeks to four years...

P1 “She used to be Tigger and then she was Eeyore”: A qualitative study with children and young people with CFS/ME, exploring predictors of recovery and future treatment needs Philippa Clery, MBBS BSc, Jennifer Starbuck, BSc DClinPsy, Amanda Laffan, BSc DClinPsy, Esther Crawley, MBBCh PhD...

Recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome: a systematic review—heterogeneity of definition limits study comparison Yasmin Moore Teona Serafimova Nina Anderson Hayley King Alison Richards Amberly Brigden Parisa Sinai Julian Higgins Caitlin Ascough Philippa Clery Esther M Crawley Open access...

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Improves Physical Function and Fatigue in Mild and Moderate Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Consecutive Randomized Controlled Trial of Standard and Short Interventions Merethe Eide Gotaas, Tore C. Stiles, Johan Håkon Bjørngaard Petter C. Borchgrevink and Egil A. Fors...

Highlights • Guided graded exercise self-help (GES) can lead to sustained improvement in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. • There was no evidence of greater harm after GES compared to specialist medical care at long-term follow-up. • The study showed that GES was probably...

Abstract Many patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) fail to derive benefit from evidence-based treatments such as cognitive–behavioural therapy (CBT) and graded exercise therapy leading to permanent disability. To discover whether a repeat prescription of modafinil might potentiate the...

Full title: An exploratory study of discrepancies between objective and subjective measurement of the physical activity level in female patients with chronic fatigue syndrome Highlights • There is a discrepancy between self-report and objective activity measures in CFS. • The activity diary...

https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/patients/services/clinical_depts/paediatric_cfs_me/index.asp https://www.ruh.nhs.uk/patients/services/clinical_depts/paediatric_cfs_me/documents/POMME_Study_Info_June 2020.pdf eta: an apple a day keeps the doctor away?

Full title: Perceptions of European ME/CFS Experts Concerning Knowledge and Understanding of ME/CFS among Primary Care Physicians in Europe: A Report from the European ME/CFS Research Network (EUROMENE) Open access, https://www.mdpi.com/1010-660X/57/3/208/htm

When is lack of scientific integrity a reason for retracting a paper? A case study. Abstract: This editorial has just come out in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research. It is a discussion of issues that arose from this 2004 publication: This study is a triple-blinded randomised controlled...