PMID- 8356486
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 19930923
LR  - 20190726
IS  - 0277-9536 (Print)
IS  - 0277-9536 (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 3
DP  - 1993 Aug
TI  - Ways of coping with chronic fatigue syndrome: development of an illness 
      management questionnaire.
PG  - 385-91
AB  - Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a disorder of uncertain aetiology, and there is 
      uncertainty also about the appropriate way in which patients should manage the 
      illness. An illness management questionnaire (IMQ) was designed to assess coping 
      in CFS. This was completed by 207 patients, in parallel with the COPE scales (a 
      general measure of coping that can be applied situationally), and measures of 
      functional impairment, anxiety and depression. The IMQ yielded four factors: 
      maintaining activity, accommodating to the illness, focusing on symptoms and 
      information-seeking. Scales based upon these factors together predicted 26, 27 
      and 22% of the variance in functional impairment, anxiety and depression, 
      respectively, and each scale had significant relationships with relevant scales 
      of the COPE, supporting the interpretation of the factors. It is suggested that 
      the IMQ may be employed to relate ways of coping to outcomes in CFS, and to 
      assess coping as a mediator of change in cognitive-behavioural interventions.
FAU - Ray, C
AU  - Ray C
AD  - Department of Human Sciences, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, U.K.
FAU - Weir, W
AU  - Weir W
FAU - Stewart, D
AU  - Stewart D
FAU - Miller, P
AU  - Miller P
FAU - Hyde, G
AU  - Hyde G
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - England
TA  - Soc Sci Med
JT  - Social science & medicine (1982)
JID - 8303205
SB  - IM
MH  - *Adaptation, Psychological
MH  - Adult
MH  - Anxiety/etiology
MH  - Attitude to Health
MH  - Depression/etiology
MH  - Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic/*psychology
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 1993/08/01 00:00
MHDA- 1993/08/01 00:01
CRDT- 1993/08/01 00:00
PHST- 1993/08/01 00:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 1993/08/01 00:01 [medline]
PHST- 1993/08/01 00:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90268-9 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Soc Sci Med. 1993 Aug;37(3):385-91. doi: 10.1016/0277-9536(93)90268-9.