tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428969590789818099.post221151879328983716..comments2024-03-26T21:49:20.994+01:00Comments on Rheumatologe: Rheumatologehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16169204718725630420noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1428969590789818099.post-30919627452904581152013-03-26T15:45:46.695+01:002013-03-26T15:45:46.695+01:00I take issue with the studies that concentrate on ...I take issue with the studies that concentrate on this statement that you mention by R. Geenen from Utrecht University in the Netherlands “Fatigue is much more strongly correlated with cognitive variables, such as helplessness and catastrophizing thoughts, and behavioral variables, such as pacing of activities, physical fitness, and patterns of sleep and awakening”.<br /><br />After you read enough studies like that, and there are many, you get the feeling, as a patient, that fatigue is being dismissed as a somatic problem. It is often not treated by anything but sleeping pills and exercise and weight loss advice.<br /><br />I was happy to see that that you are more balanced and lay things out very clearly in your chart where you say that fatigue is in fact a real problem which may have a scientific component. Annette/@Anettohttp://www.yourgoldwatch.blogspot.canoreply@blogger.com