Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về sinh học được đăng trên tạp chí hóa học quốc tế đề tài : Clinical assessment of the physical activity pattern of chronic fatigue syndrome patients: a validation of three methods | BioMed Central Health and Quality of Life Outcomes Research Clinical assessment of the physical activity pattern of chronic fatigue syndrome patients a validation of three methods Korine Scheeres 1 Hans Knoop11 van der Jos Meer12 and Gijs Bleijenberg11 Address 1Expert Centre Chronic Fatigue Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre 4628 PO Box 9101 6500 HB Nijmegen The Netherlands and 2Department of General Internal Medicine Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre Nijmegen The Netherlands Email Korine Scheeres - korinescheeres@ Hans Knoop - van der Jos Meer - Gijs Corresponding author lEqual contributors Open Access Published I April 2009 Received 12 July 2008 Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 2009 7 29 doi 1477-7525-7-29 Accepted 1 April 2009 This article is available from http content 7 1 29 2009 Scheeres et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Background Effective treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome CFS with cognitive behavioural therapy CBT relies on a correct classification of so called fluctuating active versus passive patients. For successful treatment with CBT is it especially important to recognise the passive patients and give them a tailored treatment protocol. In the present study it was evaluated whether CFS patient s physical activity pattern can be assessed most accurately with the Activity Pattern Interview API the International Physical Activity Questionnaire IPAQ or the CFS-Activity Questionnaire CFS-AQ . Methods The three instruments were validated compared to actometers. Actometers are until now the best and most objective instrument to measure physical .
