Functional status of persons with chronic fatigue syndrome in the Wichita, Kansas, population

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Solomon, Laura ^a   Nisenbaum, Rosane ^a   Reyes, Michele ^a,b   Papanicolaou, Dimitris A ^c   Reeves, William C ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CFS; Chronic fatigue syndrome; Disability; Fatigue; Function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENERGY; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCHOOL; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TIME; UNEMPLOYMENT; UNITED STATES; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL LEAVE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FATIGUE; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; KANSAS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SICK LEAVE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

EID: 4243099342     PISSN: 14777525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-1-48     Document Type: Article

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