2003•Health and Quality of Life OutcomesOpen access

Chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome in the general population.

Gijs Bleijenberg

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Both chronic fatigue (CF) connected to a chronic or serious disease, and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) form a serious problem in our Western society. It causes a lot of suffering for patients and may lead to disability to work. Doctors are frequently confronted with these patients, but it is unknown how many of these patients are suffering without help-seeking.

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Key concepts: Chronic fatigue syndrome, Chronic fatigue, Medicine, Population, Disease, Chronic disease, Psychiatry, Physical therapy