Economic evaluation of multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment versus cognitive behavioural therapy for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: A randomized controlled trial.

Background: A multi-centre RCT has shown that multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment (MRT) is more effective in reducing fatigue over the long-term in comparison with cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), but evidence on its cost-effectiveness is lacking.

Aim: To compare the cost-effectiveness of MRT versus CBT for patients with CFS from a societal perspective.

Methods: A multi-centre randomized controlled trial comparing MRT with CBT was conducted among 122 patients with CFS diagnosed using the 1994 criteria of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and aged between 18 and 60 years.

Differences in physical functioning between relatively active and passive patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Objective: According to the Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) protocol for patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), therapists are advised to categorize patients in relatively active and passive patients. However, evidence to support the differences in physical functioning between these subgroups is limited. Using the baseline data from a multicentre randomized controlled trial (FatiGo), the differences in actual and perceived physical functioning between active and passive patients with CFS were evaluated.

Cognitive behavioural therapy versus multidisciplinary rehabilitation treatment for patients with chronic fatigue syndrome: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial (FatiGo).

Background: Patients with chronic fatigue syndrome experience extreme fatigue, which often leads to substantial limitations of occupational, educational, social and personal activities. Currently, there is no consensus regarding the treatment. Patients try many different therapies to overcome their fatigue.

The responsiveness of the ten-meter walking test and other measures in patients with hemiparesis in the acute phase.

The responsiveness of the Ten-Meter Walking Test (10 MWT) for assessing the walking ability of patients with hemiparesis in the acute phase was evaluated. To put this into perspective, the responsiveness of two other measures, the Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and the Motricity Index (MI) were evaluated as well. Nineteen patients with hemiparesis due to stroke or cerebral tumour in the acute phase were recruited to this study.