The Prevalence of Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Community-Based Sample

Autor/inn/en	Jason, Leonard A.; Katz, Ben Z.; Sunnquist, Madison; Torres, Chelsea; Cotler, Joseph; Bhatia, Shaun
Titel	The Prevalence of Pediatric Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome in a Community-Based Sample
Quelle	In: Child & Youth Care Forum, 49 (2020) 4, S.563-579 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-1890
DOI	10.1007/s10566-019-09543-3
Schlagwörter	Fatigue (Biology); Epidemiology; Diseases; Access to Health Care; Pediatrics; Incidence; Low Income Groups; Children; Adolescents; Ethnicity; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Clinical Diagnosis; Physicians; Young Children; Screening Tests; Illinois (Chicago) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fatigue; Ermüdung; Epidemiologie; Disease; Krankheit; Klinische Sozialpädiatrie; Vorkommen; Child; Kind; Kinder; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ethnizität; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Frühe Kindheit; Screening-Verfahren
Abstract	Background: Most pediatric prevalence studies of myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS) have been based upon data from tertiary care centers, a process known for systematic biases such as excluding youth of lower socioeconomic status and those less likely to have access to health care. In addition, most pediatric ME/CFS epidemiologic studies have not included a thorough medical and psychiatric examination. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of pediatric ME/CFS from an ethnically and sociodemographically diverse community-based random sample. Method: A sample of 10,119 youth aged 5-17 from 5622 households in the Chicagoland area were screened. Following evaluations, a team of physicians made final diagnoses. Youth were given a diagnosis of ME/CFS if they met criteria for three selected case definitions. A probabilistic, multi-stage formula was used for final prevalence calculations. Results: The prevalence of pediatric ME/CFS was 0.75%, with a higher percentage being African American and Latinx than Caucasian. Of the youth diagnosed with ME/CFS, less than 5% had been previously diagnosed with the illness. Conclusions: Many youth with the illness have not been previously diagnosed with ME/CFS. These findings point to the need for better ways to identify and diagnose youth with this illness. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01