Psychological correlates of functional status in chronic fatigue syndrome

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1097-1106

  Taillefer, Suzanne S ^a,b   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^a,c   Robbins, James M ^d   Lasry, Jean Claude ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Disability; Illness cognitions; Somatic attribution

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; PSYCHOSOMATIC DISORDER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; ANXIETY; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036919601     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(02)00566-4     Document Type: Article

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