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[Relationship between chronic fatigue syndrome and type A behaviour]
Teresa Godás Sieso1, Esther Gómez Gil, Manel Salamero Baró
1Instituto de Neurociencias, Servicio de Psicología, Unidad de fatiga crónica, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
Background And Objective:
To quantify the relationship between Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) and Type A Behaviour Pattern (TABP) PATIENTS AND METHOD: The Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS) was administered to 82 patients diagnosed with CFS to determine the prevalence of TABP. Subjects' mean z scores on the JAS were compared with those from the general population (healthy controls) and from patients with ischemic cardiopathy (pathologic controls).
Results:
CFS patients' mean score on the JAS was 5 points higher than that of the general population (healthy controls) and 2 points higher than that of patients with ischemic cardiopathy.
Conclusions:
TABP appears to be related with CFS and should be taken into account in the treatment of these patients.
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