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Article: Chronic fatigue and pre-existing emotional aberrations.(Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome)(Brief article)
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- Townsend Letter
- Article date:
- February 1, 2008
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The objective of this study was to describe the incidence, prevalence, risk factors, and prognosis of fatigue, chronic fatigue, and chronic fatigue syndrome in 11-15-year-olds. A random general population sample of 842 British adolescents and their parents were assessed at baseline and four to six months later. The incidence over the four to six months was 30.3% for fatigue, 1.1% for chronic fatigue, and 0.5% for chronic fatigue syndrome. Of participants who were fatigued at time 1, 53% remained fatigued at time 2. The three cases of chronic fatigue and one case of chronic fatigue syndrome at time 1 had recovered by time 2. Higher risk for development of chronic fatigue at ...