[Chronic fatigue syndrome in young persons].
| Title: | [Chronic fatigue syndrome in young persons]. |
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| Transliterated Title: | Het chronische-vermoeidheidsyndroom bij jongeren. |
| Authors: | de Jong LW; Afd. Medische Psychologie, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Nijmegen.; Prins JB; Fiselier TJ; Weemaes CM; Meijer-van den Bergh EM; Bleijenberg G |
| Source: | Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde [Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd] 1997 Aug 02; Vol. 141 (31), pp. 1513-6. |
| Publication Type: | English Abstract; Journal Article |
| Language: | Dutch; Flemish |
| Journal Info: | Publisher: Vereniging NTvG Country of Publication: Netherlands NLM ID: 0400770 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0028-2162 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00282162 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2017?-: Amsterdam : Vereniging NTvG; Original Publication: Houten : Bohn Stafleu van Loghum |
| MeSH Terms: | Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic/*diagnosis; Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic/epidemiology ; Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic/psychology ; Adolescent ; Age Factors ; Attitude of Health Personnel ; Attitude to Health ; Child ; Humans ; Parent-Child Relations ; Physical Examination ; Physician-Patient Relations ; Prevalence |
| Abstract: | The prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) in teenagers is 10-20 per 100,000 inhabitants in the Netherlands. The natural course of the disorder is not favourable according to the literature. Proposed criteria for the diagnosis 'CFS' in adolescence are: absence of a physical explanation for the complaints, a disabling fatigue for at least six months and prolonged school absenteeism or severe motor and social disabilities. Exclusion criterion should be a psychiatric disorder. Factors that attribute to the persistence of fatigue are somatic attributions, illness enhancing cognitions and behaviour of parents as well as physical inactivity. The role of the physician and the role of parents can enhance the problems. The treatment should focus on decreasing the somatic attributions, on reinforcement by the parents of healthy adolescent behaviour, on the gradual increase of physical activity and on decreasing attention (including medical attention) for the somatic complaints. |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 19970802 Date Completed: 19980608 Latest Revision: 20061115 |
| Update Code: | 20260130 |
| PMID: | 9543737 |
| Database: | MEDLINE |
English Abstract; Journal Article