Chronic fatigue syndrome in caregivers of children with cerebral palsy and affecting factors, 2023, Pasin et al.

Chronic fatigue syndrome in caregivers of children with cerebral palsy and affecting factors
Pasin T; Karatekin BD; Pasin O;

OBJECTIVE: In this study, the frequency of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sleep disturbances, and quality of life levels in mothers of children with cerebral palsy (CP) was compared in relation to the functional status of the child.

METHODS: The caregivers were evaluated with the sociodemographic data form, Chalder fatigue scale (ChFS), Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, and Short Form-12, respectively. In addition, the functional status of the child with CP was evaluated with the gross motor function classification system, manual ability classification system (MACS), communication function classification system, and eating and drinking ability classification system.

RESULTS: According to CDC-1994 criteria, 80.4% of the participating mothers have CFS (n=45). While the mean ChFS and FSS scores of housewives were found to be significantly higher than those of full-time workers (p=0.002; p=0.003, respectively), the mean SF-12 MCS was found to be significantly lower (p=0.007). The rate of housewives was found to be significantly higher in those diagnosed with CFS (p<0.001). The relationship between independent variables and dependent variables data sets as a result of canonical correlation analysis was obtained as 0.815. While the variable with the highest effect among the independent variables is the MACS variable, the variable with the highest percentage of explanation for the dependent variables is ChFS.

CONCLUSION: The frequency of CFS is very high in mothers of children with CP, and the most important factors in the presence and severity of CFS are the mother’s occupational status and the child’s manual skills.

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Should come with a trigger warning. Posted as an example of how Fukuda and Chalder Fatigue Scale are not fit for purpose.

Apparently 80% of caregivers (all mothers nach) have CFS. Housewives compared with full-time workers (yes, really).

 

"According to CDC-1994 criteria, 80.4% of the participating mothers have CFS (n=45), and 19.6% have not (n=11)."

 

“The rate of housewives”


Did someone really write that and think they didn’t need to explain themselves ?



oh and when you’ve not recruited a sample based on being representative at all of the grouping you claim - indeed you’d need to do proper ‘surveys’ (not if the paper what do you think kind but the technical use of that term like a land survey or census) to know what accurately is constituted in that


Maybe there is the issue “tendency to misuse/mix-up the meaning of ‘survey’ and think using a dodgy one used informally is representative like a land survey rate”

which could be looked into for “the type who think themselves ‘scientist’ but also think the Chalder FAtigye Survey is something if use to anyone”

 

Perhaps a combination of English-as-a-second-language and hegemonic masculinity-as-a-first-language.