Evidence Report/Technology Assessment Number 42

Defining and Managing Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

File Inventory

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
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01front.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		76KB	9 pages
Contents: Title Page, Preface, Structured Abstract, Table of Contents
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02summ.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		72KB	6 pages
Contents: Summary: Overview, Reporting the Evidence, Methodology, Findings, 
Future Research
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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
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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
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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?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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09chap4.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		61KB	3 pages
Contents: Chapter 4. Conclusions
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10chap5.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		52KB	1 page
Contents: Chapter 5. Future Research
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11refs.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		94KB	9 pages
Contents: References
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12biblio.doc	Microsoft Word® Document		MS Word®	97 SR-1		492KB	85 pages
Contents: Bibliography
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13appa.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		60KB	7 pages
Contents: Appendix A. Contributors, Acknowledgements
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14appb.doc		Microsoft Word® Document	MS Word®	97 SR-1		69KB	7 pages
Contents: Appendix B. Glossary of Included Terms
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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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