Chronic fatigue syndrome in Chinese middle-school students

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The objective of the present study was to determine the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and its associated factors in middle-school students in Suzhou, China. From September 2010 to January 2011, across-sectional study was conducted in junior- and senior middle-school students aged 10 to 18 years using a battery of confidential questionnaires. Our results indicate that 18,139 completed the questionnaires effectively, of whom 163 (0.9%) met the definition of CFS, with senior high-school students and male students predominating. The prevalence of CFS in the middle-school students increased steadily with age. The main symptoms of CFS in these students included being afraid of going to school, despondency, and irritability in addition to those specified in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Our study shows that CFS is prevalent among Chinese teenagers, and requiring proper intervention and treatment.

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Most previous estimates of the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have derived largely from treated populations, and have been biased by differential access to health care treatment linked with sex, ethnic identification, and socioeconomic status. To assess the point prevalence of CFS in an ethnically diverse random community sample. A sample of 28,673 adults in Chicago, Ill, was screened by telephone, and those with CFS-like symptoms were medically evaluated. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES AND ANALYSES: Self-report questionnaires, psychiatric evaluations, and complete medical examinations with laboratory testing were used to diagnose patients with CFS. Univariate and multivariate statistical techniques were used to delineate the overall rate of CFS in this population, and its relative prevalence was subcategorized by sex, ethnic identification, age, and socioeconomic status. There was a 65.1% completion rate for the telephone interviews during the first phase of the study. Findings indicated that CFS occurs in about 0.42% (95% confidence interval, 0.29%-0.56%) of this random community-based sample. The highest levels of CFS were consistently found among women, minority groups, and persons with lower levels of education and occupational status. Chronic fatigue syndrome is a common chronic health condition, especially for women, occurring across ethnic groups. Earlier findings suggesting that CFS is a syndrome primarily affecting white, middle-class patients were not supported by our findings.

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Depression is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in children and adolescents. To date, randomized, controlled, double-blind trials of antidepressants (largely tricyclic agents) have yet to reveal that any antidepressant is more effective than placebo. This article is of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of fluoxetine in children and adolescents with depression. Ninety-six child and adolescent outpatients (aged 7-17 years) with nonpsychotic major depressive disorder were randomized (stratified for age and sex) to 20 mg of fluoxetine or placebo and seen weekly for 8 consecutive weeks. Randomization was preceded by 3 evaluation visits that included structured diagnostic interviews during 2 weeks, followed 1 week later by a 1-week, single-blind placebo run-in. Primary outcome measurements were the global improvement of the Clinical Global Impressions scale and the Children's Depression Rating Scale--Revised, a measure of the severity depressive symptoms. Of the 96 patients, 48 were randomized to fluoxetine treatment and 48 to placebo. Using the intent to treat sample, 27 (56%) of those receiving fluoxetine and 16 (33%) receiving placebo were rated "much" or "very much" improved on the Clinical Global Impressions scale at study exit (chi 2 = 5.1, df = 1, P = .02). Significant differences were also noted in weekly ratings of the Children's Depression Rating Scale--Revised after 5 weeks of treatment (using last observation carried forward). Equivalent response rates were found for patients aged 12 years and younger (n = 48) and those aged 13 years and older (n = 48). However, complete symptom remission (Children's Depression Rating Scale--Revised < or = 28) occurred in only 31% of the fluoxetine-treated patients and 23% of the placebo patients. Fluoxetine was superior to placebo in the acute phase treatment of major depressive disorder in child and adolescent outpatients with severe, persistent depression. Complete remission of symptoms was rare.

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Journal ID (nlm-ta): Medicine (Baltimore)

Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Medicine (Baltimore)

Journal ID (publisher-id): MEDI

Title: Medicine

Publisher: Wolters Kluwer Health

ISSN (Print): 0025-7974

ISSN (Electronic): 1536-5964

Publication date Collection: January 2018

Publication date (Electronic): 26 January 2018

Volume: 97

Issue: 4

Electronic Location Identifier: e9716

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[a ]Soochow University School of Public Health

[b ]Suzhou Vocational University

[c ]Suzhou Science & Technology Town Hospital

[d ]Suzhou New District Health Inspection and Supervision Institution, Suzhou

[e ]Department of Anatomy and Physiology School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China.

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[∗ ]Correspondence: Jianming Zhi, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, Shanghai China (e-mail: zhijm@ 123456shsmu.edu.cn ); Yong Xu, Soochow University School of Public Health, Suzhou, China (e-mail: xuyong_1959@ 123456126.com ).

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Publisher ID: MD-D-17-04093 Accession ID: 09716

DOI: 10.1097/MD.0000000000009716

PMC ID: 5794388

PubMed ID: 29369204

SO-VID: 4b58da79-4d2c-4762-b8a0-fa6ed77e3227

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Date received : 11 July 2017

Date revision received : 3 January 2018

Date accepted : 8 January 2018

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