Frontier mental health research: psychedelics & drug studies

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The Health-Related Quality of Life for Patients with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS)

Michael Falk Hvidberg, Louise Brinth, Anne Vingaard Olesen, Karin Dam Petersen, Lars Holger Ehlers
PLoS ONE Summary & key facts 2015 212 citations

This study measured health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Danish patients with ME/CFS using the EQ-5D-3L tool and found their scores were much lower than the general population and lower than 20 other conditions. The average (unadjusted) EQ-5D-3L score for the ME/CFS group was 0.47, while the population average was…

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