Ax S, Gregg V H, Jones D
Liverpool John Moores University.
Clin Psychol Rev. 2001 Mar;21(2):161-82. doi: 10.1016/s0272-7358(99)00031-8.
The chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is described, and research on coping with this illness reviewed and analysed. CFS is a severely disabling illness of unknown etiology, which has occurred in epidemic forms all over the world. However, the number of sufferers has dramatically increased over previous years. The heterogeneous symptomatology of CFS was reviewed, and diagnostic criteria were discussed. The difficulty in establishing causality was emphasized. An interaction of factors appears most likely to be associated with illness onset and maintenance. As the mediating factor could be sufferers' coping behavior, the existing coping literature was reviewed. There might be an association between coping and physical and psychological well-being. Finally, recommendations are made for longitudinal research on coping and coping effectiveness, and for the development of therapeutic interventions.
本文描述了慢性疲劳综合征（CFS），并对应对该疾病的研究进行了回顾与分析。CFS是一种病因不明的严重致残性疾病，已在全球范围内呈流行形式出现。然而，患者数量在过去几年中急剧增加。本文回顾了CFS的异质性症状，并讨论了诊断标准。强调了确定因果关系的困难。因素之间的相互作用似乎最有可能与疾病的发生和维持有关。由于中介因素可能是患者的应对行为，因此对现有的应对文献进行了回顾。应对与身心健康之间可能存在关联。最后，对应对和应对效果的纵向研究以及治疗干预措施的开发提出了建议。
