Chronic fatigue syndrome

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: An Evaluation of an Occupational Therapy Inpatient Intervention

“…The main complaint is persistent fatigue, which differs from normal tiredness. This extreme fatigue affects both mental and physical capacity, reducing a person' s activity ability substantially below his or her previous level of functioning (Joyce andWessely 1996, Cox 1998). It is accompanied by a range of other unpleasant symptoms, such as muscle and/or joint pain, daily headache, It has been stated that, although most chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) patients can be treated in primary care and that cognitive behaviour therapy and prescribed, graded aerobic exercise appear to be promising in outpatient management, a minority of patients will require inpatient care (Royal Colleges of Physicians, General Practitioners and Psychiatrists 1996).…”

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome – an occupational therapy programme

“…The main complaint is persistent fatigue, which differs from normal tiredness. The extreme fatigue affects both mental and physical capacity, reducing a person's activity ability substantially below their previous level of functioning (Joyce and Wessely, 1996;Cox, 1998). It is accompanied by a range of other unpleasant symptoms, such as muscle or joint pain, daily headache, recurrent sore throats, fluctuations in mood, intolerance of alcohol, processing difficulties which result in poor concentration and memory problems, and autonomic changes such as temperature control problems, night sweats, digestive changes and palpitations (Behan and Bakheit, 1991;Hickie et al, 1995;Cox, 1998;Komaroff and Buchwald, 1998).…”