Fred Springfield posted this to co-cure today (my spaces & bolds). Jason is one of my ME/CFS heroes. Love that he's getting criteria needs published now. Very timely.
THis seems to be in response to Reeves reply to a Jason 2009 study. I missed them 1st go round.
William C. Reeves, Brian M. Gurbaxani, Jin-Mann S. Lin, and Elizabeth R. Unger
A Response to Jason et al. (2009), "Evaluating the Centers for Disease Controls Empirical Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case Definition" Journal of Disability Policy Studies 2010 20: 229-232
Evaluating the Centers for Disease Controls Empirical Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case Definition
Leonard A. Jason, Natasha Najar,Nicole Porter, Christy Reh
This version was published on September 1, 2009
Journal of Disability Policy Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, 93-100 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1044207308325995
A Constructive Debate With the CDC on the Empirical Case Definition of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Journal: Journal of Disability Policy Studies 2010; 20; 251
Authors: Leonard A. Jason, Nicole Porter, Molly Brown, Abigail Brown and Meredyth Evans
Affiliation: DePaul University, Chicago, IL, USA
Corresponding Author: Leonard A. Jason, PhD, Director, Center for Community Research,
DePaul University, 990 W. Fullerton Ave., Suite 3100, Chicago, IL 60614
Email: <Ljason@depaul.edu>
Abstract
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates of the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have have dramatically increased over the past 20 years, from 0.002% to 2.54%. Once considered a rare disorder, CFS is now characterized as a more common chronic health condition, with prevalence numbers suggesting that more than 4 million people in the United States have it.
The authors' research group proposes that selection criteria for CFS cases have broadened and provides data indicating 38% of those with a Major Depressive Disorder were misclassified as having CFS under the new CDC empirical case definition. The authors respond to concerns cited in Reeves, Gurbaxani, Lin, and Unger(2009).
Given the importance of standardizing procedures for identifying CFS, more research is needed using different criteria on samples of patients with CFS and other illnesses. The erroneous inclusion of people with primary psychiatric conditions in CFS samples has detrimental consequences for interpreting epidemiologic and etiological findings.
Keywords: CFS, case definitions, CDC, criteria
THis seems to be in response to Reeves reply to a Jason 2009 study. I missed them 1st go round.
William C. Reeves, Brian M. Gurbaxani, Jin-Mann S. Lin, and Elizabeth R. Unger
A Response to Jason et al. (2009), "Evaluating the Centers for Disease Controls Empirical Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case Definition" Journal of Disability Policy Studies 2010 20: 229-232
Evaluating the Centers for Disease Controls Empirical Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Case Definition
Leonard A. Jason, Natasha Najar,Nicole Porter, Christy Reh
This version was published on September 1, 2009
Journal of Disability Policy Studies, Vol. 20, No. 2, 93-100 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1044207308325995