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Another paper by our favorite miracle workers:
Cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: Differences in treatment outcome between a tertiary treatment centre in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
http://www.jpsychores.com/article/S0022-3999(16)30328-2/abstract
Cognitive behaviour therapy for chronic fatigue syndrome: Differences in treatment outcome between a tertiary treatment centre in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
- Treatment outcome of cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT) for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) was compared in two tertiary treatment centres in the Netherlands and the U.K.
- Effect sizes on fatigue severity and impairment differed between centres.
- Differences in patient characteristics could not explain variations in outcome.
- Differences in treatment protocols may be responsible for outcome differences.
- More attention should be paid to variation in treatment protocols in relation to outcome, to further develop and improve CBT for CFS.
Effect sizes differed between centres for fatigue (Cohen's D NL = 1.74, 95% CI = 1.52–1.95; UK = 0.99, CI = 0.73–1.25), physical functioning (NL = 0.99, CI = 0.81–1.18; UK = 0.33, CI = 0.08–0.58) and social functioning (NL = 1.47, CI = 1.26–1.69; UK = 0.61, CI = 0.35–0.86). Patients in the UK had worse physical functioning at baseline and there were minor demographic differences. These could not explain differences in centre outcome.
http://www.jpsychores.com/article/S0022-3999(16)30328-2/abstract