Abstract
The purpose of this mixed methods study was to identify participants' attributions for their global impression of change ratings in a behavioral intervention for unexplained chronic fatigue and chronic fatigue syndrome. At 3-month follow-up, participants (N = 67) were asked “Why do you think you are (improved, unchanged, worse)?†Improved patients pointed to specific behavioral changes, unchanged patients referred to a lack of change in lifestyle, and worsened patients invoked stress and/or specific life events. Identifying patient perceptions of behaviors associated with patient global impression of change-rated improvement and non-improvement may assist in developing more effective management strategies in clinical care.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 690-698 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Health Psychology |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - May 2016 |
Keywords
- attributions
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- global impression of change rating
- mixed methods
- worsening
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