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- The Institute of Medicine (IOM) established clinical criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and suggested there may be additional criteria for better identifying patients with more severe symptoms, particularly those experiencing pain.
- The study examined patients meeting the IOM criteria while excluding other medical or psychiatric conditions and identified those with fibromyalgia (FM).
- Results showed that patients who met both the IOM criteria and had FM reported greater impairment in various symptoms and functional areas compared to those meeting only the IOM criteria or those with fatigue lasting six months or more.
Article Abstract
The Institute of Medicine (IOM) recently developed clinical criteria for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). There might be additional criteria that could select a more homogenous and impaired group of patients, particularly those with pain. The current study focused on criteria which involved meeting the four IOM criteria, excluding medical and psychiatric co-morbidities, along with having fibromyalgia (FM). Findings indicated that those meeting the IOM clinical criteria plus FM were more impaired on a wide variety of symptoms and functional areas than those meeting on the IOM criteria or those with just 6 months of fatigue. The implications of using such research criteria are discussed.
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