Table 2 Contacts with professionals and costs in six months prior to assessment (2006/07 £s).
From: The hidden cost of chronic fatigue to patients and their families
Service | N | % | Mean number of contacts* | SD | Mean cost (all patients) | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General practitioner | 221 | 99.5 | 4.9 | 2.9 | 231 | 139 |
Nurse | 57 | 25.7 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 4 | 9 |
Pharmacist | 22 | 9.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 8 | 29 |
Physiotherapist | 17 | 7.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 5 | 24 |
Psychologist | 17 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 7.2 | 45 | 205 |
Psychiatrist | 8 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 13 | 79 |
Neurologist | 8 | 3.6 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 6 | 34 |
Other doctor (including Accidents & Emergency) | 63 | 28.4 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 64 | 137 |
Complementary and alternative therapy | 40 | 18 | 6.5 | 7.2 | 43 | 143 |
Professionals allied to medicine | 18 | 8.1 | 5 | 7.3 | 16 | 98 |