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  1. ME/CFS Skeptic

    Long Covid epidemiology (prevalence, incidence, recovery rates)

    moved thread Ok, but most of these studies are based on confirmed PCR tests which if I understand correctly require virus particles, not necessarily antibodies. On Twitter someone pointed me to this Danish preprint which found that 16% of patients reported fatigue and 13% concentration...
  2. Andy

    Prevalence and correlates of chronic fatigue syndrome and post-traumatic stress disorder after the outbreak of the COVID-19, Simani et al, 2021

    Open access, https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13365-021-00949-1
  3. John Mac

    Updating the National Academy of Medicine ME/CFS prevalence and economic impact figures to account for population growth and inflation, 2021, Jason

    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21641846.2021.1878716?journalCode=rftg20
  4. Dolphin

    Sick and tired of COVID-19: long haulers and post viral (fatigue) syndromes, 2020, Outhoff

    Free full text: http://www.sagpj.co.za/index.php/SAGPJ/article/view/41 South African General Practitioner 2020; 1(4):132-134 https://doi.org/10.36303/SAGP.2020.1.4.0041 Sick and tired of COVID-19: long haulers and post viral (fatigue) syndromes Kim Outhoff The full article is available at...
  5. cassava7

    CFS is commonly diagnosed in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type/joint hypermobility syndrome, 2011, Castori et al.

    Castori M, Celletti C, Camerota F, Grammatico P. Chronic fatigue syndrome is commonly diagnosed in patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome hypermobility type/joint hypermobility syndrome. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011;29(3):597-598. https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/article.asp?a=4635 No abstract, this...
  6. Daisymay

    A two part article from Goodelf on MUS

    More interesting stuff from Goodelf, a two part article on MUS https://opposingmega.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/so-what-if-23-get-worse-2/ Part 1: The PCPCS – a ‘One Door’ Approach to MUS By Goodelf https://opposingmega.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/so-what-if-23-get-worse/ Part 2: One Door, One...
  7. Sly Saint

    Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Burden of ME/CFS Across Europe: Current Evidence and EUROMENE Research Recommendations for Epidemiology 2020

    Systematic Review of the Epidemiological Burden of Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Across Europe: Current Evidence and EUROMENE Research Recommendations for Epidemiology https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/9/5/1557
  8. Dolphin

    CFS: prevalence in human-to-human sphere workers, factors contributing to formation and its impact on health, 2020, Petrishcheva et al

    Free full text: http://ejobios.org/article/chronic-fatigue-syndrome-prevalence-in-human-to-human-sphere-workers-factors-contributing-to-7532
  9. Sly Saint

    Review Systematic review and meta-analysis of the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME), Eun-Jin Lim et al, Feb 2020

    full paper here https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186%2Fs12967-020-02269-0
  10. Simon M

    Leonard Jason research finds that many young people have ME/CFS (Simon M blog)

    Leonard Jason research finds that many young people have ME/CFS A new study finds that 0.75%, or 1 in 130 young people, have ME.CFS. That's a lot of people living with the illness. Only 5% of those diagnosed with the illness already had a diagnosis. Prevalence increased rapidly as children...
  11. ME/CFS Skeptic

    The Prevalence of Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Community-Based Sample (2020) Jason et al.

    The team of Leonard Jason have performed a prevalence study in Chicago on children and adolescents with ME/CFS. Because this was a community-based study with clinician confirmed diagnosis, this is probably one of the best studies on the prevalence of pediatric ME/CFS thus far...
  12. Dolphin

    Prevalence and Treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ME and Co-morbid Severe Health Anxiety, 2019, Daniels et al

    https://researchportal.bath.ac.uk/en/publications/prevalence-and-treatment-of-chronic-fatigue-syndromeme-and-co-mor
  13. Andy

    Medical Research Future Fund win for Emerge Australia : Epidemiology and Health Economic Impacts of ME/CFS - Anchor Study

    https://emerge.org.au/medical-research-future-fund-win-for-emerge-australia-epidemiology-and-health-economic-impacts-of-me-cfs/#.XYxesKjYo3E
  14. InfiniteRubix

    What is "Chronic Fatigue" in the Wessely School (CFS vs CF Wessely 1997, Prins 2006, White 2011)

    Hello all, I am very familiar with the ICC, CC, CDC vs Oxford criteria discussion, prevalence differences, Oxford obfuscation, etc. but I have a very specific question about what the Wessely crew mean by "CF" vs "CFS". This is not merely academic and is of consequence for important ongoing...
  15. Simon M

    ME Epidemiology - prevalence and peak ages of onset

    Moderator note: This post and the next two have been copied, and subsequent posts moved from this thread: JAMA -"Advances in understanding the Pathophysiology of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" by Anthony Komaroff Posts about sex ratio have been moved to a new thread: ME/CFS Epidemiology - sex...
  16. NelliePledge

    Help how to work out estimate for PWME in my region?

    hi I’m sure I can get overall population for my city and region can anyone point me to what the % figure is that gives around 250k PWME in the UK. This could be useful on Sunday.
  17. M

    Study evaluating NICE, Oxford, and Fukuda prevalence

    I think I remember reading a UK study that characterized patients by NICE, Oxford, and Fukuda and gave the prevalence of each. Does anyone remember that study and if so, could you share the study name or link? Thanks in advance
  18. Trish

    Is it true that more than half of medical consultations are for MUS? A look at the evidence.

    My aim on this thread is to share the results of my digging into this question over the last couple of days. I have found several papers with very different figures and will post them in a series of posts here. The 52% claim: The UK document, Guidance for commissioners of services for people...
  19. MeSci

    The importance of accurate diagnosis of ME/CFS in children and adolescents: A commentary (2018), by Geraghty and Adeniji

    Source: Frontiers in Pediatrics Preprint Date: December 31, 2018 URL: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2018.00435/abstract The importance of accurate diagnosis of ME/CFS in children and adolescents: A commentary ----------------------------------------------------------...
  20. Andy

    Blog: "Are they really QUREd?" (2018) Lou Corsius

    https://corsius.wordpress.com/2018/12/30/are-they-really-qured/
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