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Chronic Fatigue, M E, and functioning in a crisis

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Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Myalgic Encephalmoyelitis and functioning in a crisis

The journal Evaluation & the Health Professions reports in their latest edition of the result of 111 patients with ME/CFS.

The patients were grouped into three categories: Crisis, Stabilisation and Resolution, and the study looked at how accurate the Fennell Phase Inventory (FPI) was in relation to the patient's coping style and functioning (both physical and psychological).

The results suggest that the FPI is a useful tool for assessing which phase a ME/CFS sufferer is in (there are four phases -- the above three and 'Integration'). According to the researchers, patients with ME/CFS often experience remission and relapse, and the FPI appears to measure quite accurately how they will respond psychologically to the unpredictable and inconsistent nature of their disease.

Furthermore, the study indicates that there are differences in how patients experience and cope with their illness when in the different phases. So understanding how any physical disability is experienced and coped with in the various phases is beneficial in creating a coping strategy that reflects and accommodates each different phase.

Source: Reynolds, N.L., Brown, M.M., & Jason, L.A. (2009). The Relationship with Fennell Phases to Symptoms Among Patients With Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Evaluation & the Health Professions, Vol. 32 (3), 264-280

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