Should general practitioners manage chronic fatigue syndrome? A controlled trial
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Other symptoms and general pathologySigns and Symptoms
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN78372534
- Lead Sponsor
- Record Provided by the NHS R&D 'Time-Limited' National Programme Register - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
2002 results in: https://doi.org/10.1300/J092v10n01_05 (added 29/10/2019)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
General Practices willing to take part.
Exclusion Criteria
Does not meet inclusion criteria
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The study suffered from both poor recruitment and high drop out. However, we were able to show that this intervention had no effect on the illness of the patients enrolled, and that patients with CFS remained highly disabled over the 12 month study period, whatever their treatment. The study suggests that general practitioners can diagnose CFS, but under the conditions of this study were unable to effectively treat the condition. This accords with the recent Royal Colleges' report, that early recognition in primary care is important, but that the only evidence for effective treatment thus far has come from specialist units. General practitioners do not yet generally have the skills nor the time to provide effective treatment programmes for CFS.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ot provided at time of registration