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标题：Sensitivity and Specificity of the CDC Empirical Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case Definition
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作者：Leonard A. Jason ; Meredyth Evans ; Abigail Brown 等
期刊名称：Psychology
印刷版ISSN：2152-7180
电子版ISSN：2152-7199
出版年度：2010
卷号：1
期号：1
页码：9-16
DOI：10.4236/psych.2010.11002
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：In an effort to bring more standardization to the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) Fukuda et al. case definition [1], the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has developed an empirical case definition [2] that specifies crite-ria and instruments to diagnose CFS. The present study investigated the sensitivity and specificity of this CFS em-pirical case definition with diagnosed individuals with CFS from a community based study that were compared to non-CFS cases. All participants completed questionnaires measuring disability (Medical Outcome Survey Short-Form-36) [3], fatigue (the Multidimensional Fatigue Inventory) [4], and symptoms (CDC Symptom Inventory) [5]. Findings of the present study indicated sensitivity and specificity problems with the CDC empirical CFS case defi-nition.
关键词：Chronic Fatigue Syndrome; Empirical Case Definition; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Fukuda Criteria