Cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: Differences in treatment outcome between a tertiary treatment centre in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 43-49

  Worm Smeitink, M ^a   Nikolaus, S ^a   Goldsmith, K ^b   Wiborg, J ^a   Ali, S ^c   Knoop, H ^a,d   Chalder, T ^b,c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chronic fatigue syndrome; Cognitive behaviour therapy; Outcome prediction; Treatment outcome; Treatment protocols

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHALDER FATIGUE QUESTIONNAIRE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EFFECT SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; WORK AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABLED PERSON; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FOLLOW UP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISABLED PERSONS; FATIGUE SYNDROME, CHRONIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84974528631     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: 18791360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2016.06.006     Document Type: Article

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