Rehabilitation of Adolescents Living With Chronic Fatigue. Health and Quality of Life During the Disease, and How to Remain in School and Spare-time Activities. Testing of a Structured Home-based Rehabilitation Program.
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
- Sponsor
- St. Olavs Hospital
- Enrollment
- 3
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
- Status
- Terminated
- Last Updated
- 5 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Previous studies have shown that health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in adolescents living with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS/ME) is low if compared with healthy adolescents and adolescents living with other chronic diseases. Effective strategies to improve HRQoL in this group are still lacking. Recently we have observed HRQoL in a group of Norwegian adolescents with CFS/ME (not yet published), which is the background for a new study where we have planned an intervention with health promoting dialogues between patient and nurse, as a strategy to improve HRQoL. In this study we have also opened to include adolescents with other chronic fatigue diagnosis with similar challenges in follow-up as in CFS/ME.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •chronic fatigue as main symptom (including but not limited to diagnostic codes ICD-10 G93.3 CFS/ME, F48.0 Neurasthenia, R53 Fatigue)
- •having undergone an interdisciplinary diagnostic evaluation at The Children's Clinic or at The Fatigue and CFS/ME Outpatient Clinic, St. Olavs hospital during the period 1.8.2019 - 1.4.
- •being a pupil or wishing to be a pupil.
Exclusion Criteria
- •not Norwegian speaking
- •for any reason unable to read and answer a questionnaire
- •for any reason unable to take part in the health promoting dialogues
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL)
Time Frame: 1 year
assessed by PedsQL Generic Core scale 4.0
Secondary Outcomes
- EQ-5D-5L(1 year)
- Mood and Feelings Questionnaire(1 year)
- Fatigue Questionnaire(1 year)
- Self-reported follow-up, School functioning and participation in Leisure activities(1 year)