Dimensional assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome

JHMM Vercoulen, CMA Swanink, JFM Fennis… - Journal of …, 1994 - Elsevier
The absence of laboratory tests and clear criteria to identify homogeneous (sub) groups in
patients presenting with unexplained fatigue, and to assess clinical status and disability in …

Fatigue among working people: validity of a questionnaire measure

AJHM Beurskens, U Bültmann, IJ Kant… - Occupational and …, 2000 - oem.bmj.com
OBJECTIVES To evaluate the validity of the checklist individual strength questionnaire (CIS)
in the working population. This 20 item self reported questionnaire has often been used in …

The measurement of fatigue in patients with multiple sclerosis: a multidimensional comparison with patients with chronic fatigue syndrome and healthy subjects

JHMM Vercoulen, OR Hommes… - Archives of …, 1996 - jamanetwork.com
Objective: To provide a multidimensional characterization of fatigue in patients with multiple
sclerosis (MS). Design: Cross-sectional design. Fifty patients with clinically definite MS were …

Checklist individual strength

JHMM Vercoulen, C Swanick, JFM Fennis… - Journal of …, 1999 - psycnet.apa.org
Abstract The initial 24-item Checklist Individual Strength (CIS; Vercoulen et al., 1994) was
designed to measure several aspects of fatigue. Principal components analyses yielded a …

Randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of fluoxetine in chronic fatigue syndrome

JHMM Vercoulen, MPE Hoofs, G Bleijenberg… - The Lancet, 1996 - Elsevier
Background No somatic treatment has been found to be effective for chronic fatigue
syndrome (CFS). Antidepressant therapy is commonly used. Fluoxetine is recommended in …

Measurement of prolonged fatigue in the working population: determination of a cutoff point for the checklist individual strength.

U Bültmann, M de Vries, AJHM Beurskens… - … of occupational health …, 2000 - psycnet.apa.org
In the Netherlands, a large-scale prospective cohort study was started on prolonged fatigue
in the working population. The 1st issue that had to be addressed was the determination of a …

Identifying physical activity patterns in chronic fatigue syndrome using actigraphic assessment

SP Van der Werf, JB Prins, JHMM Vercoulen… - Journal of …, 2000 - Elsevier
Objective: Changes in physical activity are thought to play an important role in maintaining
symptoms in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). The aim of this study was to describe …

Lymphocyte subsets, apoptosis, and cytokines in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome

CMA Swanink, JHMM Vercoulen… - Journal of Infectious …, 1996 - academic.oup.com
Whether immunologic abnormalities correlate with fatigue severity and functional
impairment in chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was investigated. Blood mononuclear cells …

Chronic fatigue syndrome: a clinical and laboratory study with a well matched control group

CMA Swanink, JHMM Vercoulen… - Journal of internal …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. To investigate the relation between severity of complaints, laboratory data and
psychological parameters in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). Subjects. Eighty …

Enteroviruses and the chronic fatigue syndrome

CMA Swanink, WJG Melchers… - Clinical infectious …, 1994 - academic.oup.com
The possible role of enteroviral persistence in the etiology of the chronic fatigue syndrome
(CFS) was investigated by serological testing, VP-1 antigen testing, and polymerase chain …