Tom Kindlon
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It would be good if one or more patient advocates could make it to this. I suspect some/many of us would disagree with at least some things he will say.
http://bit.ly/1hsZh3P i.e.
http://www.bristol.ac.uk/social-community-medicine/seminars/2014/121.html
University home > Social and Community Medicine > Seminars > 2014 > School seminar Lessons from the PACE trial: A trial of complex interventions for a complex condition
2 April 2014, 12.45 pm
Canynge Hall, Room LG.08
Speaker:
Professor Peter White
Biography:
Peter White is Professor of Psychological Medicine at Bart’s and the London.
He is interested in conditions that affect both mind and body, particularly the chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). His early work showed that Epstein-Barr virus infection was an immediate risk for CFS, but more recent work suggests that CFS is heterogeneous. He was the lead co-principal investigator of the PACE trial, which he will talk to during the seminar.
Synopsis:
The PACE trial was a four arm, multi-centre, randomised controlled trial in
641 patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. The four treatments were specialist medical care (SMC), or SMC plus one of three therapies: adaptive pacing therapy (APT), cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), or graded exercise therapy (GET). The trial showed that both CBT and GET reduced both fatigue and physical disability more than either APT or SMC. This was the case in those sub-groups who also met alternative diagnostic criteria for CFS. CBT and GET were also cost effective, particularly when societal costs were considered. The results were not universally welcomed. Professor White will draw out some lessons to be learnt from this trial.
Location:
Location and contact details for Canynge Hall.
Please contact Laura for further information.
Further information:
The seminar is free, and all are welcome (including members of the public) without needing to book a place. If you have difficulties with stairs, we have a lift to provide access to the lower ground floor.
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