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Housebound versus nonhousebound patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome
- Source :
- Chronic Illness. 12:292-307
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- SAGE Publications, 2016.
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Abstract
- Objectives The objective of this study was to examine individuals with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome who are confined to their homes due to severe symptomatology. The existing literature fails to address differences between this group, and less severe, nonhousebound patient populations. Methods Participants completed the DePaul Symptom Questionnaire, a measure of myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome symptomology, and the SF-36, a measure of health impact on physical/mental functioning. ANOVAs and, where appropriate, MANCOVAS were used to compare housebound and nonhousebound patients with myalgic encephalomyelitis and chronic fatigue syndrome across areas of functioning, symptomatology, and illness onset characteristics. Results Findings indicated that the housebound group represented one quarter of the sample, and were significantly more impaired with regards to physical functioning, bodily pain, vitality, social functioning, fatigue, postexertional malaise, sleep, pain, neurocognitive, autonomic, neuroendocrine, and immune functioning compared to individuals who were not housebound. Discussion Findings indicated that housebound patients have more impairment on functional and symptom outcomes compared to those who were not housebound. Understanding the differences between housebound and not housebound groups holds implications for physicians and researchers as they develop interventions intended for patients who are most severely affected by this chronic illness.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
Sleep Wake Disorders
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Status
Encephalomyelitis
Physical Exertion
Pain
Severity of Illness Index
Article
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Surveys and Questionnaires
Chronic fatigue syndrome
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Fatigue
Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic
Norway
business.industry
Health Policy
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Social Participation
medicine.disease
United Kingdom
United States
Autonomic Nervous System Diseases
Immune System Diseases
Physical therapy
Female
Homebound Persons
Symptom Assessment
Cognition Disorders
business
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17459206 and 17423953
- Volume :
- 12
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Chronic Illness
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6d0118e5ae6473967e44dbe21ddd0412
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1742395316644770