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“…Most studies on CFS have focused on adults in clinical settings, and few studies have focused on children and adolescents. As shown in Table 1 , the reported prevalence of CFS in children and adolescents varies greatly from 0.01% to 4.4% [ 5 – 15 ] versus 0.9% in the present study, which is significantly lower than the result reported by Mear et al, [ 6 ] similar to that reported by Farmer et al, [ 7 ] and significantly higher than that reported by Jones et al [ 5 ] and Steele et al [ 8 ] in the United States. All together, the prevalence of self-reported fatigue varies widely, because people tend to define it accordingly.…”

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“…[ 27 ] Studies based on questionnaire assessment seem to yield higher prevalence than those based on interviews. [ 8 ] A direct comparison of this study with the results of previous studies is nonetheless difficult because of lacking a consistent standard definition and differences in study populations, sampling strategies, and statistical methods for estimating the prevalence. Compared with most studies in other countries, CFS seems to be a more serious problem in the children and adolescents in Suzhou, China.…”

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Chronic fatigue syndrome in Chinese middle-school students

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Shen

Xie³

et al. 2018

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The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and its associated factors in middle-school students in Suzhou, China. From September 2010 to January 2011, across-sectional study was conducted in junior- and senior middle-school students aged 10 to 18 years using a battery of confidential questionnaires. Our results indicate that 18,139 completed the questionnaires effectively, of whom 163 (0.9%) met the definition of CFS, with senior high-school students and male students predominating. The prevalence of CFS in the middle-school students increased steadily with age. The main symptoms of CFS in these students included being afraid of going to school, despondency, and irritability in addition to those specified in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Our study shows that CFS is prevalent among Chinese teenagers, and requiring proper intervention and treatment.

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Chronic fatigue syndrome in Chinese middle-school students

Shi

Shen

Xie³

et al. 2018

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“…A recent systematic review evaluating data from 33 studies conducted from 1992–2007 indicates that some racial/ethnic minorities, including African Americans, report higher prevalence of chronic fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, as well as greater symptom severity, relative to White individuals (Dinos et al 2009). A limitation of this literature is that most population-based studies have assessed fatigue as a unidimensional construct (e.g., Jason et al 1999; Resnick et al 2006; Steele et al 1998; Song et al 1999; Jason et al 2000), thus limiting our understanding of the potentially complex and multi-faceted experience of fatigue among racial/ethnic minorities, including African Americans. In fact, there is some debate on whether unidimensional measures primarily assess global/general (e.g., Banthia 2006; Sobel et al 2013) or physical aspects of fatigue (e.g., Minton and Stone 2009).…”

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Validity of the multidimensional fatigue symptom inventory-short form in an African-American community-based sample

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Malcarne

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Objectives This study examined the psychometric properties of the Multidimensional Fatigue Symptom Inventory-Short Form (MFSI-SF) in a community-based sample of African Americans. Design. A sample of 340 African Americans (116 men, 224 women) ranging in age from 18–81 years were recruited from the community (e.g., churches, health fairs, beauty salons). Participants completed a brief demographic survey, the MFSI-SF and the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule. Results The structural validity of the MFSI-SF for a community-based sample of African Americans was not supported. The five dimensions of fatigue (General, Emotional, Physical, Mental, Vigor) found for Whites in prior research were not found for African Americans in this study. Instead, fatigue, while multidimensional for African Americans, was best represented by a unique four-four profile in which general and emotional fatigue are collapsed into a single dimension and physical fatigue, mental fatigue, and vigor are relatively distinct. Hence, in the absence of modifications, the MFSI-SF cannot be considered to be structurally invariant across ethnic groups. A modified four-factor version of the MFSI-SF exhibited excellent internal consistency reliability and evidence supports its convergent validity. Using the modified four-factor version, gender and age were not meaningfully associated with MFSI-SF scores. Conclusion Future research should further examine whether modifications to the MFSI-SF would, as the findings suggest, improve its validity as a measure of multidimensional fatigue in African Americans.

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Clinical characteristics of Black patients with hypertensive urgency

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The large proportion of newly diagnosed hypertensive patients presenting with end organ signs of prolonged uncontrolled hypertension suggests that there are significant numbers of undiagnosed Black patients in the community, suggesting that we should more actively conduct test for hypertension and its complications when we encounter these patients, who constitute a growing part of the populations in Europe.

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Chronic fatigue syndrome in Chinese middle-school students

Chronic fatigue syndrome in Chinese middle-school students

Validity of the multidimensional fatigue symptom inventory-short form in an African-American community-based sample

Clinical characteristics of Black patients with hypertensive urgency

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