The feasibility and acceptability of conducting a trial of specialist medical care and the Lightning Process in children with chronic fatigue syndrome: Feasibility randomized controlled trial (SMILE study)

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Crawley, Esther ^a   Mills, Nicola ^a   Beasant, Lucy ^a   Johnson, Debbie ^a   Collin, Simon M ^a   Deans, Zuzana ^a   White, Kate ^a   Montgomery, Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHALDER FATIGUE SCALE; CHILD; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LIGHTNING PROCESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT FORM 36;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS;

EID: 84889061258     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-415     Document Type: Article

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