A concept mapping study evaluating the UK's first NHS generic fatigue clinic
Fatigue is a significant and debilitating symptom affecting 25% of the population. It occurs in those with a range of chronic diseases, can be idiopathic and in 0.2 0.4% of the UK population occurs in combination with other symptoms that together constitute chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) Until recently, NHS clinical services only focussed upon CFS and excluded the majority of fatigued patients who did not meet the CFS diagnostic criteria. The CRESTA Fatigue interdisciplinary clinic was established in 2013 in response to this unmet need.
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