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JOURNAL OF HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY
Volume 14, Issue 8, Pages 1251-1267Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
DOI: 10.1177/1359105309344895
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chronic fatigue syndrome; psychological adjustment; sleep apnea
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Objectives were to explore: (1) whether sleep apnea/hypopnea syndrome (SAHS) should be considered a chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) comorbidity, rather than a diagnostic exclusion criterion; and (2) to compare sleep/wake/psychopathology in individuals with CFS, controls and another illness. Participants (CFS, SAHS, controls) completed questionnaires and were evaluated for SAHS; 68 percent were subsequently diagnosed with SAHS. CFS participants with and without SAHS did not differ. Both clinical groups were less well adjusted than controls. We conclude that SAHS should not be an exclusion criterion for CFS and that psychological problems in CFS seem a consequence of coping with illness.
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