Being homebound with chronic fatigue syndrome: A multidimensional comparison with outpatients

Psychiatry Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 246-249

  Wiborg, Jan F ^a   van der Werf, Sieberen ^a   Prins, Judith B ^a   Bleijenberg, Gijs ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Homebound; Multidimensional comparison; Outpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOMEBOUND PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHECKLIST; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; HOMEBOUND PERSONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 77952090083     PISSN: 01651781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psychres.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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