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The Effect of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Severity Subtype on Treatment Responsiveness

Zaturenskaya, Mariya
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1268426679

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2010, MA, University of Cincinnati, Arts and Sciences : Psychology.
The current study investigated whether individuals with greater severity of CFS are differentially affected on measures of physical functioning, quality of life, perceived stress, activity level and employment status by non-pharmacological interventions in a sample of individuals diagnosed with CFS (N=114). A series of ANOVAs indicated that no significant interaction effects were found in physical functioning, quality of life, perceived stress and activity level between individuals with different degrees of severity of CFS. Fisher’s exact test revealed no significant differences between the more and less severe groups in terms of likeliness to improve, get worse, or remain the same in regarding employment status following the intervention. Possible explanations are discussed. One explanation for the study’s findings relates to the appropriateness, sensitivity and specificity of the stratifying strategy utilized in this study. Using a stratification strategy that is not specific or sensitive enough could have contributed to the inability of this study to detect any differences between severity groups in treatment responsiveness. Another explanation relates to the contamination of the true severe CFS subgroup by the report of higher symptom severity by individuals with concurrent FM and MCS diagnoses, who may be reporting higher symptom severity due to the added burden of the concurrent additional diagnoses rather than due to the more severe type of CFS.
Christine Hovanitz, PhD (Committee Chair)
Steven Howe, PhD (Committee Member)
Leonard Jason, PhD (Committee Member)
49 p.
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; CFS; subtyping; severity; treatment effectiveness

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  • Zaturenskaya, M. (2010). The Effect of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Severity Subtype on Treatment Responsiveness [Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1268426679

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zaturenskaya, Mariya. The Effect of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Severity Subtype on Treatment Responsiveness. 2010. University of Cincinnati, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1268426679.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zaturenskaya, Mariya. "The Effect of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Severity Subtype on Treatment Responsiveness." Master's thesis, University of Cincinnati, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1268426679

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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