The Pilot of the Turku Outpatient Clinic for Functional and Fatigue Disorders

The Pilot of the Turku Outpatient Clinic for Functional and Fatigue Disorders in the Welbeing Services County of Southwest Finland

This study examined 125 working-age patients from the Turku Outpatient Clinic for Functional and Fatigue Disorders. "Patients participate in the clinic's biopsychosocial, multidisciplinary, and individually tailored rehabilitation. The aim of the rehabilitation is to improve patients' functional capacity and provide them with tools to manage and cope with their symptoms. In addition, the goal is to break the cycle of unnecessary examinations that cause harm to the patient. Socioeconomic data, as well as information related to functional capacity, symptoms, and quality of life, are collected from patients at the start of rehabilitation and again at six and twelve months after the beginning of rehabilitation. In addition, data on patients' use of social and health care services are requested from registers for the year preceding the start of rehabilitation and for the year following rehabilitation.

Inclusion Criteria:

• patients suffering persistent symptoms
• referred to the clinic between August 1, 2023 to April 30, 2025

Exclusion Criteria:

• ineligible for the study because of the need for extensive additional examinations in a specialized field, acute substance abuse problems, and/or lack of motivation.