Abstract
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the symptom patterns of children and adolescents with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS). It documents the symptoms reported, in terms of presence and severity, by 189 young people presenting for assessment of chronic fatigue, and compares them with responses from a matched sample of 68 normal, healthy controls. To estimate the magnitude of the differences between the clinical and control groups on the means of all composite factor scores, a multiple analysis of variance (MANOVA) was undertaken using STATISTICA. CFS is a condition of unknown etiology, characterized by extreme fatigue exacerbated by minimal physical activity. In addition, symptoms such as difficulty with concentration, headache and sleep disturbance, muscle aches and pains and recurrent sore throat are common. CFS is predominantly an illness of young adults. Although the differentiation of CFS from a somatization disorder has been debated, and the role of psychological factors in “perpetuating” the illness has been discussed, it is generally agreed that patients consistently report the symptom complex and that it does differ from depression and other common fatiguing conditions.
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