Cognitive performance after chronic fatigue syndrome

This study is part of the collection Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kai Österberg - Lund University, Department of Psychology

Description

45 patients with previous chronic fatigue syndrome were followed up for 1.5 years. Neuropsychological examination, cortisol concentration in the saliva over the day, dexamethasone suppression test and self-ratings of cognitive problems was conducted.

Purpose:

To investigate whether recovery after fatigue syndrome is associated with improved cognitive function and whether such improvement is related to changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-axix (HPA), activity and return to work.

Subject area

HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

Memory, Neuropsychological Tests, Hydrocortisone, Burnout, Professional, Attention, EpiHealth, mood, Scania, EpiHealth_Skåne

Principal organisation

Lund University

Responsible department/unit

Lund University, Avdelningen för arbets- och miljömedicin, Institutionen för laboratoriemedicin

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kai Österberg - Lund University, Department of Psychology

Identifiers

SND-ID: EXT 0072

Description

45 patients with previous chronic fatigue syndrome were followed up for 1.5 years. Neuropsychological examination, cortisol concentration in the saliva over the day, dexamethasone suppression test and self-ratings of cognitive problems was conducted.

Purpose:

To investigate whether recovery after fatigue syndrome is associated with improved cognitive function and whether such improvement is related to changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-axix (HPA), activity and return to work.

Time period(s) investigated

2003 — 2011

Geographic spread

Geographic description: Scania and Blekinge

Unit of analysis

Subject area

HEALTH (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Health Sciences, Occupational Health and Environmental Health (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

Memory, Neuropsychological Tests, Hydrocortisone, Burnout, Professional, Attention, EpiHealth, mood, Scania, EpiHealth_Skåne

Contact for questions about the data

Kai Österberg

Is part of collection at SND

Scania Metadatabase for Epidemiology (SME)

Associated documentation

Frågeformulär.pdf

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Follow up of patients with previous chronic fatigue syndrome

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Kai Österberg - Lund University, Department of Psychology

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Number of individuals/objects

45

Response rate/participation rate

69

Published: 2013-09-13
Last updated: 2017-01-03