Residential Rehabilitation Courses in the Self-Directed Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Harrison, Simon, Smith, Andrew Paul ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8805-8028 and Sykes, Richard 2002. Residential Rehabilitation Courses in the Self-Directed Management of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Journal of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 10 (2) , pp. 59-65. 10.1300/J092v10n02_05

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Abstract

Residential rehabilitation courses in self-directed illness management offer a potentially useful patient-centered and multidis-ciplinary therapeutic option for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. A retrospective survey of the data from the courses run by Westcare UK between 1995 and 1998 was undertaken to give a preliminary evaluation of outcomes and acceptability. The outcome results, for 49 participants, show improvements, at 12 months, on the Fatigue and Emotional Distress subscales of the PFRS. (Fatigue: before course: mean 3.66, s.d. 1.14; 12 months later: mean 3.11, s.d. 1.57; F(l,48) = 11.19 p < 0.005. Emotional distress: before course: mean 2.53, s.d. 1.46; 12 months later: mean 2.04, s.d. 1.39; F(l, 48) = 5.96 p < 0.01.) Participants also reported a high level of general satisfaction with the course: 89.4% gave a rating of five or six, out of six. These results describe both long and short-term benefits, and support the continued use of these courses and the implementation of a further more rigorous Study.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Psychology
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Fatigue syndrome, chronic, self-care (rehabilitation), patient education, counseling
Publisher:	Informa Healthcare
ISSN:	1057-3321
Last Modified:	21 Oct 2022 08:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/34301

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