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Severe versus Moderate criteria for the new pediatric case definition for ME/CFS.
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Child psychiatry and human development [Child Psychiatry Hum Dev] 2009 Dec; Vol. 40 (4), pp. 609-20. Date of Electronic Publication: 2009 Jun 10. - Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- The new diagnostic criteria for pediatric ME/CFS are structurally based on the Canadian Clinical Adult case definition, and have more required specific symptoms than the (Fukuda et al. Ann Intern Med 121:953-959, 1994) adult case definition. Physicians specializing in pediatric ME/CFS referred thirty-three pediatric patients with ME/CFS and 21 youth without the illness. Those who met ME/CFS criteria were separated into Severe and Moderate categories. Significant differences were found for symptoms within each of the six major categories: fatigue, post-exertional malaise, sleep, pain, neurocognitive difficulties, and autonomic/neuroendocrine/immune manifestations. In general, the results showed participants who met the Severe ME/CFS criteria reported the highest scores, the Moderate ME/CFS group show scores that were a little lower, and the control group evidenced the lowest scores. Findings indicate that the Pediatric Case Definition for ME/CFS can distinguish between those with this illness and controls, and between those with Severe versus Moderate manifestations of the illness.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1573-3327
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Child psychiatry and human development
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 19513826
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-009-0147-8