Is graded exercise better than cognitive behaviour therapy for fatigue? A UK randomized trial in primary care

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-49

  Ridsdale, Leone ^a   Darbishire, L ^a   Seed, P T ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; KINESIOTHERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COHORT STUDIES; EXERCISE THERAPY; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SAMPLE SIZE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0942288048     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291703001247     Document Type: Article

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