Prepared by:
San Antonio Evidence-based Practice Center at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Cynthia D. Mulrow, M.D., M.Sc.
Program Director
Gilbert Ramirez, Dr.P.H.
Project Director
John E. Cornell, Ph.D.
Karen Allsup, B.S.
Investigators
File Name Description Software Version File Size __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 01front.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 76KB 9 pages Contents: Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 02summ.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 72KB 6 pages Contents: Summary: Overview, Reporting the Evidence, Methodology, Findings, Future Research __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 03chap1.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 68KB 5 pages Contents: Chapter 1. Introduction: Report's Purpose and Scope, Defining Chronic Fatigue and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, Burden of Disease, History and Terms Used to Describe Chronic Fatigue Syndromes __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 04chap2.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 72KB 6 pages Contents: Chapter 2. Methodology: Expert Input, Questions Addressed in Evidence Report Literature Search and Selection Methods, Data Abstraction Process, Data Synthesis Process __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 05chap3a.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 66KB 4 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Question 1. What are the Existing Case Definitions for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 06chap3b.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 166KB 11 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Question 2. Which Case Definitions, if any, Have Been Substantiated or Validated with Reliably Discriminating Constellations of Symptoms? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 07chap3c.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 99KB 7 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Question 3. What are the Prevalence and Natural History of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 08chap3d.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 544KB 42 pages Contents: Chapter 3. Results: Question 4. Do Controlled Studies Show that Particular Therapies Improve Clinical Symptoms of CFS, When Compared to Placebo, No Therapy, or Each Other? __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 09chap4.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 61KB 3 pages Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 10chap5.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 52KB 1 page Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 11refs.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 94KB 9 pages Contents: References __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 12biblio.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 492KB 85 pages Contents: Bibliography __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 13appa.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 60KB 7 pages Contents: Appendix A. Contributors, Acknowledgements __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 14appb.doc Microsoft Word® Document MS Word® 97 SR-1 69KB 7 pages Contents: Appendix B. Glossary of Included Terms __________________________________________________________________________________________________________
AHRQ Publication No. 02-E001
Current as of October 2001
Internet Citation:
Defining and Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. File Inventory, Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 42. AHRQ Publication No. 02-E001, October 2001. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/clinic/cfsinv.htm
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