This study will evaluate, in a primary care setting, the effectiveness of a brief self-management behavioral treatment in patients with medically unexplained chronic fatigue. The hypothesis will be tested that fatigue self-management will yield improvements in fatigue,functioning, and distress in comparison to the two control conditions: standard medical care alone or standard medical care plus an attention control symptom monitoring condition.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
107
Graded activity, pacing, stress reduction, low effort pleasant activities, cognitive coping skills.
Daily symptom via web diary
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York, United States
Fatigue Severity Scale
Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 15 months
Beck Anxiety Inventory
Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 15 months
Beck Depression Inventory
Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 15 months
SF-36 physical function subscale
Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 15 months
Global Impression of Change Rating
Time frame: 3 months, 6 months, 15 months
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