International journal of behavioral medicine
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Understanding how patients with chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) recall their fatigue is important because fatigue is a core clinical dimension of this poorly understood illness. ⋯ Individuals with CFS recalled consistently higher levels of fatigue in comparison to real-time momentary ratings, yet the level of agreement between the two measures was moderate to high. These findings may have implications for the conduct of office examinations for CFS.
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Diabetes is a common disease in pediatric populations. Family functioning has been related to child adaptation to diabetes. ⋯ The results highlight the importance of studying family variables in adolescents' diabetes care within the wider cultural factors affecting the patient.