Bazelmans E, Vercoulen J H, Galama J M, van Weel C, van der Meer J W, Bleijenberg G
Afd. Medische Psychologie, Academisch Ziekenhuis, Nijmegen.
Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 1997 Aug 2;141(31):1520-3.
To determine the prevalence of chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and of primary fibromyalgia syndrome (PFS) in the Netherlands.
Questionnaire.
Department of Medical Psychology, University Hospital Nijmegen, the Netherlands.
A questionnaire was mailed to all the 6657 general practitioners in the Netherlands in order to inform them of the existence of CFS and to ask them if they had any CFS or PFS patients in their practices.
Sixty percent (n = 4027) of the general practitioners returned the questionnaire. Of all the general practitioners, 27% said they had no CFS patients, 23% said they had 1 CFS patient, while 21% had 2 CFS patients, and 29% said they had 3 or more CFS patients in their practice. Concerning PFS the results were 17% (no PFS patients), 18%, 18% and 47%, respectively. With a mean practice of 2486 patients per general practice, the estimated prevalence of CFS was 112 per 100,000 and that of PFS 157 per 100,000 persons. Of the CFS patients 81% were women and 55% were 25-44 years old; for PFS these figures were 87% and 48% respectively.
Extrapolation of the study results indicates that there are at least 17,000 CFS patients and 24,000 PFS patients in the Netherlands. The found prevalence is probably an under-estimation.
确定荷兰慢性疲劳综合征（CFS）和原发性纤维肌痛综合征（PFS）的患病率。
问卷调查。
荷兰奈梅亨大学医学中心医学心理学系。
向荷兰所有6657名全科医生邮寄问卷，告知他们CFS的情况，并询问他们的诊所中是否有CFS或PFS患者。
60%（n = 4027）的全科医生回复了问卷。在所有全科医生中，27%表示他们没有CFS患者，23%表示有1名CFS患者，21%表示有2名CFS患者，29%表示有3名或更多CFS患者。关于PFS，结果分别为17%（无PFS患者）、18%、18%和47%。每个全科医生平均负责2486名患者，CFS的估计患病率为每10万人中有112人，PFS为每10万人中有157人。CFS患者中81%为女性，55%年龄在25至44岁之间；PFS患者的这两个数字分别为87%和48%。
研究结果推断表明，荷兰至少有17000名CFS患者和24000名PFS患者。所发现的患病率可能被低估了。
