The effectiveness of cognitive behavioural therapy in groups for patients with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS): a randomised controlled study.
Completed
- Conditions
- Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24062
- Lead Sponsor
- Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 204
Inclusion Criteria
1. > 18 years old;
2. Being able to speak and read Dutch;
3. Meeting the 1994 research criteria for CFS as formulated by the US Center for Diasease Control;
4. Severely fatigued (having a CIS-fatigue severity score of >=35);
5. Severely disabled (weigthed totalscore on the Sickness Impact Profile of >=700);
6. Motivated for treatment of CFS with CBT;
7. Having functioned good in groups before (self-report) and willing to follow a group treatment for CFS;
8. Given written informed consent for participation in the study.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Patient does no meet the herefore mentioned inclusion criteria;
2. Patients is currently engaged in a legal procedure concerning disability-related financial benefits.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Fatigue severity (measured with the CIS subscale fatigue severity).<br>2. Disabilities (measured with the SIP total score and the SF-36 subscal 'physical functioning')<br>The CIS-f, SIP and SF-36 are used in two assessments, a baseline and a post-treatment (or post-waiting list) assessment. The change score between post-treatment and baseline of each of the treatment conditions is compared with the difference score between post-waiting list and baseline assessment of the waiting list condition.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Psychological distress measured with the Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL_90).