The chronic fatigue syndrome and hyperventilation

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Dimensional assessment of chronic fatigue syndrome

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Puroindolines polymorphism and kernel texture in einkorn (Triticum monococcum)

BACKGROUND: Patients with severe asthma experience problems in different areas of their health status. Identification of these areas will provide insight in the patients needs and perhaps what determines the burden of disease. The Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument (NCSI) was recently developed for use in clinical practice in patients with COPD and provides a detailed picture of the patients' physiological functioning, symptoms, functional impairment, and Quality of Life. Main purpose of this study is to evaluate the use of the NCSI as compared to the Asthma Control Questionnaire (ACQ) and Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire (AQLQ) in patients with severe asthma. METHODS: The NCSI, AQLQ, and ACQ were measured in 167 patients with severe asthma. Pearson correlations were calculated between NCSI sub-domains and the AQLQ domains and the ACQ. RESULTS: The NCSI measures more aspects of health status as compared to the ACQ and AQLQ in patients with severe asthma. Beside symptoms, subjective impairment, and emotions the NCSI also measures general Quality of Life, health related Quality of Life, satisfaction with relations, fatigue, and behavioural impairment. On all NCSI sub-domains proportions of patients with normal, mild, and severe problems were found. Heterogeneity was found on the number and on the combination of sub-domains on which patients reported severe problems. CONCLUSIONS: The NCSI provides a more detailed picture of the individual patient with severe asthma than the ACQ and AQLQ. The use of the NCSI might allow quick identification of the problem areas and possible factors that impair health status

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

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Chronic fatigue syndrome: assessment and psychological processes as perpetuating factors

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[Working with the Dutch Standard of Care for COPD: using the 'Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument' as an aid]

Item does not contain fulltext- In the Dutch Standard of Care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the patient, not the illness, is now central. - Additionally, treatment is no longer exclusively guided by the degree of airway obstruction but by the burden of disease (also called 'integral health status').- Consequently, COPD care will be more intensive and more complex.- The Nijmegen Clinical Screening Instrument (NCSI) method offers a guide for the patient and the caregiver to help execute the standard of care effectively and efficiently.- Using this method, the burden of disease is assessed in detail.- An integral intervention helps in formulating treatment goals (patient-tailored treatment), and in motivating patients to adhere to these treatment goals.- A special condensed version of the NCSI is suitable for monitoring the patient.- The method is web-based, which facilitates the assessment and monitoring of the patient

Longziekten: een complexe interactie tussen de fysiologische stoornis en gedragsfactoren

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'Verkorte vermoeidheidsvragenlijst': een praktisch hulpmiddel bij het scoren van vermoeidheid

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De hulpverlener en de patiënt met chronische benigne pijn : een inventariserend onderzoek onder psychologen, huisartsen en bedrijfsartsen

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Fatigue in COPD: an important yet ignored symptom

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