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dc.contributor.authorDickson, Adeleen_UK
dc.contributor.authorToft, Aen_UK
dc.contributor.authorO'Carroll, Ronanen_UK
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-09T08:20:37Z-
dc.date.available2013-06-09T08:20:37Z-
dc.date.issued2009-09en_UK
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1893/1575-
dc.description.abstractBackground This study attempted to longitudinally investigate neuropsychological function, illness representations, self-esteem, mood and quality of life (QoL) in individuals with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) and compared them with both healthy participants and a clinical comparison group of individuals with autoimmune thyroid disease (AITD). Method Neuropsychological evaluation was administered at two time points, five weeks apart. Twenty-one individuals with CFS, 20 individuals with AITD and 21 healthy participants were matched for age, pre-morbid intelligence, education level and socio-economic status (SES). All groups also completed measures of illness perceptions, mood, self-esteem and QoL at both time points. Results The CFS group showed significantly greater impairment on measures of immediate and delayed memory, attention and visuo-constructional ability, and reported significantly higher levels of anxiety and depression. After controlling for the effects of mood, the CFS group still demonstrated significant impairment in attention. The CFS group also reported significantly lower self-reported QoL than the AITD and healthy participants. In terms of illness perceptions, the AITD group believed that their condition would last longer, that they had more treatment control over their condition, and reported less concern than the CFS group. Conclusions These results suggest that the primary cognitive impairment in CFS is attention and that this is not secondary to affective status. The lower treatment control perceptions and greater illness concerns that CFS patients report may be causally related to their affective status.en_UK
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherCambridge University Pressen_UK
dc.relationDickson A, Toft A & O'Carroll R (2009) Neuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participants. Psychological Medicine, 39 (9), pp. 1567-1576. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0033291708004960en_UK
dc.rightsPublished in Psychological Medicine. Copyright: Cambridge University Press.; Psychological Medicine, Volume 39, Issue 9, September 2009, pp. 1567 - 1576, published by Cambridge University Press. Copyright © 2009 Cambridge University Press.; http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=6009816en_UK
dc.subjectAttentionen_UK
dc.subjectcognitive impairmenten_UK
dc.subjectdepressionen_UK
dc.subjectillness perceptionen_UK
dc.subjectmemoryen_UK
dc.subjectquality of lifeen_UK
dc.subjectChronic fatigue syndromeen_UK
dc.subjectDepression, Mental Pathophysiologyen_UK
dc.subjectNervous System Diseasesen_UK
dc.subjectCognition disordersen_UK
dc.titleNeuropsychological functioning, illness perception, mood and quality of life in chronic fatigue syndrome, autoimmune thyroid disease and healthy participantsen_UK
dc.typeJournal Articleen_UK
dc.rights.embargoreason[Neuropsychological functioning.pdf] Publisher conditions require a 12 month embargo.en_UK
dc.identifier.doi10.1017/s0033291708004960en_UK
dc.citation.jtitlePsychological Medicineen_UK
dc.citation.issn1469-8978en_UK
dc.citation.issn0033-2917en_UK
dc.citation.volume39en_UK
dc.citation.issue9en_UK
dc.citation.spage1567en_UK
dc.citation.epage1576en_UK
dc.citation.publicationstatusPublisheden_UK
dc.citation.peerreviewedRefereeden_UK
dc.type.statusVoR - Version of Recorden_UK
dc.author.emailreo1@stir.ac.uken_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationRoyal Infirmary of Edinburghen_UK
dc.contributor.affiliationPsychologyen_UK
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000269173400016en_UK
dc.identifier.scopusid2-s2.0-69549095628en_UK
dc.identifier.wtid808145en_UK
dc.contributor.orcid0000-0002-5130-291Xen_UK
dc.date.accepted1990-01-01en_UK
dcterms.dateAccepted1990-01-01en_UK
dc.date.filedepositdate2009-08-25en_UK
rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Reviewen_UK
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local.rioxx.authorDickson, Adele|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorToft, A|en_UK
local.rioxx.authorO'Carroll, Ronan|0000-0002-5130-291Xen_UK
local.rioxx.projectInternal Project|University of Stirling|https://isni.org/isni/0000000122484331en_UK
local.rioxx.freetoreaddate2010-10-31en_UK
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local.rioxx.filenameNeuropsychological functioning.pdfen_UK
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local.rioxx.source0033-2917en_UK
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