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Table 4 Overall change in health and CFS/ME across CFS/ME specialist services

From: Specialist treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome/ME: a cohort study among adult patients in England

  

A

B

C

D

E

F

H

I

J

K

Overall

Overall, how much do you feel your health has changed since you first came to the CFS/ME service?

Much better or very much better

26.6% (17/64)

30.4% (7/23)

31.8% (7/22)

21.7% (5/23)

18.5% (15/81)

40.4% (23/57)

38.2% (21/55)

23.1% (6/26)

20.8% (10/48)

21.1% (4/19)

27.5% (115/418)

A little better, no change or a little worse

64.1% (41/64)

65.2% (15/23)

45.5% (10/22)

65.2% (15/23)

76.5% (62/81)

54.4% (31/57)

56.4% (31/55)

61.5% (16/26)

75.0% (36/48)

68.4% (13/19)

64.6% (270/418)

Much worse or very much worse

9.4% (6/64)

4.4% (1/23)

22.7% (5/22)

13.0% (3/23)

4.9% (4/81)

5.3% (3/57)

5.5% (3/55)

15.4% (4/26)

4.2% (2/48)

10.5% (2/19)

7.9% (33/418)

Overall, how much do you feel your CFS/ME has changed since you first came to the CFS/ME service?

Much better or very much better

23.8% (15/63)

30.4% (7/23)

31.8% (7/22)

20.0% (4/20)

21.2% (14/66)

35.1% (20/57)

34.6% (19/55)

23.1% (6/26)

12.8% (6/47)

33.3% (6/18)

26.2% (104/397)

A little better, no change or a little worse

71.4% (45/63)

60.9% (14/23)

59.1% (13/22)

65.0% (13/20)

72.7% (48/66)

56.1% (32/57)

61.8% (34/55)

69.2% (18/26)

76.6% (36/47)

61.1% (11/18)

66.5% (264/397)

Much worse or very much worse

4.8% (3/63)

8.7% (2/23)

9.1% (2/22)

15.0% (3/20)

6.1% (4/66)

8.8% (5/57)

3.6% (2/55)

7.7% (2/26)

10.6% (5/47)

5.6% (1/18)

7.3% (29/397)

Do you think that you are still suffering from CFS/ME?

Yes

78.7% (37/47)

81.8% (18/22)

81.0% (17/21)

85.0% (17/20)

90.4% (66/73)

87.3% (48/55)

86.4% (51/59)

92.3% (24/26)

92.2% (47/51)

94.1% (16/17)

87.2% (341/391)

No

4.3% (2/47)

4.6% (1/22)

0.0% (0/21)

10.0% (2/20)

2.7% (2/73)

1.8% (1/55)

0.0% (0/59)

3.9% (1/26)

3.9% (2/51)

0.0% (0/17)

2.8% (11/391)

 

Uncertain

17.0% (8/47)

13.6% (3/22)

19.1% (4/21)

5.0% (1/20)

6.9% (5/73)

10.9% (6/55)

13.6% (8/59)

3.9% (1/26)

3.9% (2/51)

5.9% (1/17)

10.0% (39/391)