User: Guest  Login
Title:

Functional incapacity and physical and psychological symptoms: how they interconnect in chronic fatigue syndrome.

Document type:
Journal Article
Author(s):
Priebe, S; Fakhoury, WK; Henningsen, P
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: It has been argued that perceived functional incapacity might be a primary characteristic of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and could be explained by physical symptoms. If so, it could be expected to be closely associated with physical, but not psychological symptoms. The study tests this hypothesis. SAMPLING AND METHODS: The sample consisted of 73 patients, with a diagnosis of CFS according to the Oxford criteria, randomly selected from clinics in the Departments of Immunology and P...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Psychopathology
Year:
2008
Journal volume:
41
Journal issue:
6
Pages contribution:
339-45
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000152375
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18765959
Print-ISSN:
0254-4962
TUM Institution:
Klinik und Poliklinik für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie
 BibTeX