Fatigue Self-Management in Primary Care

Fatigue Self- Management in Primary Care: Efficacy, Credibility, and Economics

This study will evaluate, in a primary care setting, the effectiveness of a brief self-management behavioral treatment in patients with medically unexplained chronic fatigue. The hypothesis will be tested that fatigue self-management will yield improvements in fatigue,functioning, and distress in comparison to the two control conditions: standard medical care alone or standard medical care plus an attention control symptom monitoring condition.

Inclusion Criteria:

• diagnosis of unexplained chronic fatigue
• diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome

Exclusion Criteria:

• medically explained fatigue
• any psychosis or dementia